Fly plaid advice.

[Sir Didymous]

"This guy" has some problems of inaccuracy. The plaid "simply folded and... ...worn hanging straight down over either shoulder" is a day plaid, sometimes called a laird's plaid, but most definitely not a piper's plaid, which by the way is usually pleated -- not folded.
It should be no surprise that he also advocates the practice of wearing different tartans together -- just one additional faux pas.

On one very unique occasion, I wore a plaid of a different tartan from my kilt. The kilt was my clan tartan and the plaid was actually a scarf of my mother's, in her clan tartan. The occasion was her funeral. The point here is that if you do choose to wear two different tartans together, it should be for a very important and meaningful reason. People who know proper THCD will wonder at best, and think you ignorant and/or foolish at worst, even if they do not ask.

THCD is very conservative by American standards, and is decidedly not about the bling, or how much costume you can hang on your body at one time. Whatever you do with it, do it with as much class as you can muster, with respect for a very proud and worthy tradition, or kindly don't do it at all.

Well, I am of close Ferguson decent and an ordained minister. The idea was to try and show both pride in my lieage, and that I take my ministry serious. I asked because I don't want to be inconsiderate of tradition. I have considered the use of a day plaid, but the tartan hasn't been decided on. But I am more concerned with formal occasions right now, hence asking about fly plaids. I had intended to wear the kilt in Ferguson ancient and the plaid in Clergy ancient so that the light blues would compliment one another. However now I am thinking more along the lines of Clergy tartan kilt and plaid with a clan crested brooch. I was planning to have a plaid and kilt set in each tartan, and I may try this mix for stricly experimental reasons and post the photos here for the rabble. I wouldn't wear it in public until I get a sense of what it looks like. Because after all, everything is a good idea to the one who thinks it up, and it always looks awsome in the mind's eye.