Pipe Band Dress Regulations

A. Items of Dress

  1. Plaid (Drummers) - pleats touch the back of the kilt. Pleats under the doublet. Plaid under left shoulder strap (epaulette). End of plaid held in place over left pocket with Cairngorm.

  2. Plaid (Pipers) - Sewn end of plaid shall be laid across left shoulder, wrap under right arm and come across left shoulder. Plaid should then be flipped over the left epaulette. Cairngorm used to hold in place. Pin of Cairngorm should go through both layers of plaid and the doublet if possible. Waist and cross belts should be on first. Bottom of plaid should be in line with the top of the hose tops.

  3. Black Doublet - for ceremonial dress.  To be worn with t-shirt underneath.  When wearing waist belt, ensure belt is being held by waist hooks.  Also, belt should be above or behind the two buttons in the centre of the back.  Do not cover them.

  4. Black Belt, Ceremonial - worn straight around the waist, buckle centred. Bows on buckle should be on bottom. When wearing with the doublet, belt shall be worn on the outside of the doublet.

  5. Black Cross Belt (Pipers) - worn across right shoulder, under epaulette. The cross belt is also worn under the waist belt.

  6. Hair Sporran - worn with the buckle at the back and centred. Strap is to pass under the hips. Hangs 1/3 inch below the top of the kilt. Hangs at the front and in the centre of the body.

  7. Leather Sporran - worn with the buckle at the back and centred. Strap to pass under the hips. Hangs at the front and in the centre of the body.

  8. Kilt - Kilt is to hang to the middle of the knee cap. The centre blue and yellow stripe of the tartan is centred on the front. Tunic, kilt and sporran all should be centred.

  9. Sgain Dubh - worn in the right hose/hosetop. Worn on the flat of the leg, toward the outside. Jewel and two inches of the handle are exposed showing jewel on the outside.

  10. Cairngorm (Plaid Brooch) - worn on top of plaid on the left shoulder. Worn facing the front. Pin must be hidden from view.

  11. White Hose/Diced Hosetop - seams run down the back of the calf in the centre of the leg. The top is folded over the top of the seam to cover the garter flashes. Folds should be the same width. When wearing diced hosetops, middle of the front diamonds are in the centre of the front of the leg and the centre of the garter flashes. Hose to be even.

  12. Garter Flashes - worn on the outside front of both legs. Inside flash cuts front of hose/hosetops in half. Must be tight enough to hold hose/hosetop and Sgain Dubh.

  13. Spats - must be completely whitened. Seam runs in line with the hose/hosetop seam. Must fit flatly over the top of shoe.

  14. Parade Boots/Ghillie Brogues, leather, black - must be in a good state of repair, highly polished including the welt and trim of the sole.

  15. Plain Black Glengarry - shall be worn for all orders of dress. The tails of the glengarry will be wrinkle free and creased diagonally across the intersection of the two tails. Stewart of Fingask tartan swatch to be worn behind cap badge. The edge of the swatch should have a ¼ inch frill.

  16. White Shirt, short sleeved - shall be worn with summer dress. Shirts shall be pressed.

  17. Tie - shall be worn with summer dress unless so ordered by the pipe major.

B. Special appointment accoutrements:

  1. Pipe major - Ceremonial dirk, pipe major's banner, pipe major's appointment badge on sleeve and shirt collar, red sash.

  2. Drum major - Mace, Claymore sword, white sword belt, drum major's appointment badge on sleeve and shirt collar, drum major baldric and/or red sash, diced Glengarry, feather bonnet with white hackle, white gloves.

  3. Drum Sergeant - red sash.

C. Other accoutrements:

  1. Rank badges - Rank badges shall be worn on upper right sleeve of doublet, approximately half way between top of shoulder and elbow. Metal rank collar pins shall be worn at the tips of the collars of the white shirts.

  2. Service badge - Years of service badges shall be worn on the left sleeve of doublet, approximately one inch from top of cuff, centred with middle button.

  3. Medals - Those members who have been awarded military medals can wear said medals with all orders of dress when the band is participating in a Legion, military function or when ordered by the Pipe Major. Undress ribbons can be worn on the doublet or shirt. Medals and undress ribbons to be worn on left side.

  4. Poppies - To be worn during any Legion function where the Act of Remembrance is performed. Poppies shall be worn in front of the cap badge when wearing a glengarry. If bonnets are worn, poppy to be worn on left front side of doublet.

  5. Inverness Capes - Worn during inclement weather.

  6. Water bottle caddy , black - Band issue only, worn on right side. Should be worn around belt to the back so that it is not visible from the front.

  7. Kilt pin - To be centred on bottom right side of kilt apron. NO other pins, brooches, etc. are to be worn on band uniform, unless permission is granted.

  8. Sunglasses - Permitted to wear, frames should be standard (no coloured frames).


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This page last updated 30 May 2007
Copyright © 2007 Nathan T. Brown, Sr.