Ive yet to see any "Plaid Brooch" that can be documented to wear by men in the 18th Century period. Many years ago someone on another forum claimed to have "Proof" based on a recovered brooch from Culloden, but then never came forward with photos. I would hazard it was a common shirt buckle brooch, not a plaid brooch.
I have a strip of cloth sewn to the outside of my jacket that I pull the plaid thru either from the top of the loop, or the bottom, and then tie with a piece of ribbon sewn to the edge of my plaid.
This is how it looks when you take the plaid in from top to bottom, gives you that "Muffin" look like is show in a number of midcentury woodcuts, most notably in the ones that are used to illustrate Grant's "New Highland Military Discipline"
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