Quote Originally Posted by Dwarf
Before you get all heated up about pins and ways of holding kilt together ...

bear in mind that some Highland soldiers wear kilt panels and ribbons. Not tied nowadays, but were designed to tie the kilt together particularly in windy weather on parade.

The officers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princes Louise's) (91st & 93rd) still wear an embroidered panel on the front of the kilt and two ribboned rosettes on the back. Theirs was designed by the Colonel in Chief Princess Louise, after as legend has it, an officer accidently flashed at her on parade

Once I find a photo of them I'll post it

Yours aye,
Dwarf
The Calgary Highlanders (an affiliated regiment of the A & SH) also wears the kilt panel -- their web site has a nice write-up, along with some piccies and a graphic of the kilt panel here:

http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/kiltpanel.htm

Cheers,

Todd