Glengarry

• Clean and tidy with tails neatly pressed (not creased). 

• Worn with point of Glengarry in line with nose, 1" above left eyebrow and 1/2" above right eyebrow.

Balmoral

• Clean and tidy with tails neatly pressed (not creased). 

• Worn level on forehead 1/2" above eyebrows. 

• Cloth top part pulled over right side of head, tails or bow centered on rear of head.

Feather Bonnet

• Clean and tidy with tapes neatly pressed (not creased). All tails showing. 

• Worn level on forehead 3/4" above eyebrows. 

• Tapes centered on rear of head, chinstrap worn on point of chin with no loose straps evident.

Hackles/Feathers

• Clean and tidy. 

• Attached securely to headgear. 

Headgear Badges

• Clean and polished. 

• Attached securely to headgear.

Doublet or Tunic

• Clean and free from creases/crushing. 

• All buttons present and firmly attached with design correctly oriented. 

• Insignia, if worn, to be firmly attached with no loose threads evident. 

• Front of military tunics to be level with lower edge of waist belt. 

• Shoulder shells on military tunics to be firmly attached with the small tapes pointing forward. 

• Collar badges, if worn,  to be clean and located at equal distances from front of collar (Approx. 1")

Waist Belt

• Clean with buckle polished and centered at front of body.

• Worn firm to body with sufficient tightness to permit insertion of one finger only between the belt and body.

• Runners on belt to be pushed up hard to belt buckle.

• Should not cover buttons on rear of tunic.

• Worn level from front to back of body.

Cross Belt

• Clean with buckle polished.

• Worn over the right shoulder to the left side of waist.

• Secured by waist belt being worn over the top at the rear, the cross belt to be worn outside the waist belt at the front.

• Worn underneath plaid with lower edge of buckle worn over plaid.

• Slider pushed up hard to lower edge of plaid.

Red Sash

Drum Major’s Sash (Baldric)

• Clean and tidy with no loose threads evident.

• Worn over left shoulder (under epaulette) to right waist, over cross belt and waist belt.

Full Plaid

• Clean, neatly pressed and free from creases.

• Worn over left shoulder and under right arm, pulled firm to the body.

• Edge of plaid level with top of left spat point at rear of leg with fringe hanging down below this level. 

• Lower edge of plaid horizontal and parallel with ground.

• Leading edge of plaid and front face of plaid secured by plaid brooch. 

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Drummer’s Plaid

• Clean, neatly pressed and free from creases. 

• Worn over left shoulder and secured with a plaid brooch at front. 

• Secured around waist at rear and hanging so that pleats match with the set of the kilt.

Plaid Brooch

• Clean and polished. 

• Worn on front of left shoulder, tightly securing plaid, with design upright. 

• Upper edge of brooch not to be above top of the shoulder level.

Kilt

• Clean, neatly pressed and free from creases.

• Inside and outside aprons securely fastened by buckle and resting just above the half way mark of the knee cap.

• Pattern to be centered at front of body.

• Hem to be even in height from front to rear and side to side.

Sporran

• All parts clean, tidy and neatly brushed.

• Worn centrally over front apron of kilt so that cantle is one hand's breadth below waist belt buckle.

Kilt Pins/Rosettes

• Clean and tidy. 

• Worn approximately 4" up and 3" from right hand side of kilt front apron, in keeping with the set of the tartan.

Hose/Hose Tops

• Worn three fingers distance from bone at outside of knee joint.

• Patterns/seams vertically straight

Flashes

• Both Flashes to be worn of equal length on both legs.

• Leading edge of front flash to be vertically up from of leg.

Spats

• Worn tight to the leg and rear point in line with center of hose seam. 

• All parts of spat must be clean. 

• Buttons to the outside.

Shoes

• Preferably black brogues but ordinary plain black shoes acceptable. 

• Brown brogues/shoes also acceptable if in keeping with remainder of uniform (i.e. brown belts are being worn).

• Must be clean and polished. 

• Suede shoes are not acceptable.

Dirk

• Clean with all items polished. 

• Worn attached to waist belt on right front hip 2-3" and centered between waist belt retaining hook and buckle.