HERE ARE THE FINISHING TOUCHES FOR A TRULY COMPLETE KILTED OR DRESSY LOOK !
PROUNCED "PL AIDE" ( like the sound of the "ade" in lemonade not "plad") THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "PLAD", BUT THERE IS "TARTAN" ! TARTAN IS A DESIGN (called the "SETT") WOVEN OF 100% WORSTED WOOL THAT REPRESENTS A CLAN, A FAMILY, A POLITICAL ENTITY, A MILITARY SERVICE, ETC..ETC.... A PLAID IS A PIECE OF TARTAN WORN OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER WITH ABOUT 8 TO 10" PINNED IN THE FRONT WITH A WONDERFUL BROOCH (THE CELTS LOVE THEIR BROOCHES ! ) & THE GREATEST PART OF THE PLAID SWEEPS DOWN THE BACK REACHING CLOSE TO OR PAST THE HEM OF THE KILT.
OUR FULL FLY PLAID IS A "LARGER THAN MOST" 50" X 50" SQUARE, FRINGED ALL AROUND. IT IS WORN PULLED THROUGH THE EPAULETTE BY ONE CORNER FOR ABOUT 8 TO 10 INCHES IN FRONT, FASTENED WITH YOUR BROOCH TO THE JACKET WITH THE BALANCE HANGING DOWN THE BACK....
THE 50" x 50" FULL FLY PLAID.......... ____________ In "stock" tartans w/plain fringes..$115.00 ____________ In "stock" tartans w/purled fringes..$190.00 _____________ In Irish Family, Welsh or "Old & Rare" Tartans w/ plain fringe.$160 --------------------- In Irish Family, Welsh or "Old & Rare" Tartans w/ purled fringe. $250.00
THE FRINGE TYPES: ________________________ LEFT..."PURLED" FRINGES RIGHT.... PLAIN FRINGES
MINI-FLY PLAID This Plaid is 15" wide by 60" long, pleated at the end that passes through the epaulette & flowing free down the back ____________ In 500 "stock" tartans: plain fringes..$55.00 purled fringes..$75.00 _____________ In Irish Family, Welsh or "Old & Rare" Tartans: plain fringe. $65 purled fringe $90
THE MINI-FLY PLAID FROM THE BACK ___________ THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HAS A CLAN BADGE EMBROIDERED ON IT. ADD $26.00 FOR YOUR SCOTTISH OR IRISH CLAN CREST EMBROIDERY..
TRADITIONALLY WORN BY PIPERS, THESE ELEGANT LONG PLAIDS ( 3 TO 4 YARDS) ARE PLEATED FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 50" & FREE & OPEN FOR THE BALANCE. THE PLEATED END IS WRAPPED AROUND THE CHEST, PINNED AT THE LEFT SHOULDER & THE BALANCE SWEEPS FREELY OVER THE SHOULDER CAPE-LIKE & DOWN THE BACK JUST TOUCHING THE TOP OF YOUR SPATS OR KILT HOSE. THESE PLAIDS COME WITH PURLED FRINGES ON THE ENDS & ARE PRICED AS FOLLOWS: 3.0 yard Piper's Plaid............$320 3.5 yard Piper's Plaid............$340 4.0 yard Piper's Plaid............$370. 4.5 yard Piper's Plaid............$390 (58" wide in 11 or 13oz "stock" tartans ) ______________________________________ TO DETERMINE THE YARDAGE YOU NEED, SEND US YOUR CHEST MEASUREMENT & THE LENGTH FROM THE TOP OF YOUR SHOULDER , DOWN THE BACK TO THE TOP OF YOUR SPATS / KILT HOSE. GO TO Contact Us TO ENQUIRE...
A RULING FROM THE COURT OF THE LORD LYON ON THE WEARING OF SCARVES & SASHES: " Lady's Scarves or Sashes are to be worn on the RIGHT shoulder. A Lady may wear her scarf/sash over her left shoulder if she is the Chief of her Clan, the wife of the Clan Chief or the wife of a Colonel in one of the Highland Regiments"..... Lord Lyon, King of Arms, Scotland
SCARVES 60" x 12" ~~~~~~~~~~~ 500 "Stock" Tartans : Plain fringe..$30 Purled fringe$45 _________ In Irish Family, Welsh or "Old & Rare" Tartans: plain fringe..$45 purled fringe $60
THE ROSETTE SCARVES 60 x 12" SCARF W/ DETACHABLE ROSETTE 500 "Stock" Tartans : Plain fringe..$45 Purled fringe$60 _________ In Irish Family, Welsh or "Old & Rare" Tartans: plain fringe..$60 purled fringe $75
THE SASHES 11" X 90" "Stock"Tartans : Plain fringe..$55 Purled fringe$70 _________ In Irish Family, Welsh or "Old & Rare" Tartans: plain fringe..$75 purled fringe $90
THE ROSETTE 6" ACROSS W/ RIBBON TAILS & SELF PIN ON BACK $20.00 ea