Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
There is absolutely no reason to wear a kilt pin at all. No rule, no law, no fashion expectation, no need whatsoever.
Well said!
Kilt pins don't appear until Victorian times, and they were in the minority even then.
In other words most Victorian photos show no kilt pins, or flashes.
People often express the misunderstanding that Victorian Highland Dress was as a rule overly elaborate.
Yes for formal evening do's men could don an incredible array! Sword, dirk, sgian, pair of pistols, powder-horn.
But for daytime wear with tweed it was quite the opposite, with things we take for granted nowadays like sginean, kilt pins, flashes, and even cap badges being forgone.
(Four gents in the late 1860s, showing no kilt pins, no flashes, no sginean, no belts, no dirks, no ghillies, and one with no cap badge.)
Last edited by OC Richard; 6th July 22 at 08:06 PM.
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