Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
It's fairly international, I think. One of the photos I posted above has all the men save one (Gordon Walker) in black Argyll jackets, the Scots and Canadians alike.

Solo pipers' competition dress (and the dress of the judges) is interesting to me, because some will simply wear the uniform of their current band, while others go to the expense and trouble of an entirely different kit (kilt, jacket, and all). Some soloists will go with a more traditional route with tweed jackets, brown sporrans, tattersall shirts etc, while other soloists will go with a more modern hip look such as an all-black kit (including a plain black, or Black Isle, kilt) etc. There's more variety in solo dress overall.
I love the traditional route, I guess it's because it's different to see than just the usual black uniform. It's become the norm to dress with uniform in mind though, even for solo pipers. I always wondered what it'd look like if a band took a different direction with a uniform instead of black argyll, black vest, glengarry, and whatever coloured hose they choose to wear. Though I'd imagine you can't out dress the Pipe Majors.