Both men and women wear sheepskin vests, decorated with geometric and floral multicolored motifs, with front or side closure (pieptar nfundat)
This article first appeared in Piper Press magazine in 1999 Music Hall Standards of Highland Dress By Bill Blacklaw, former Northern Meeting Dress and Deportment judge IT IS paradoxical that, at a time when the wearing of Highland dress has reached new peaks of popularity as wedding apparel for bridegrooms, best men and guests, as well as being regarded as suitable for supporters of national teams in a variety of sports, the standards of appearance and presentation have sunk to levels previously unimaginable except in the Music Halls of the late l9th and early 20th centuries
Here are closeup photos of the inside and outside of the garment
I hope this one shows you don't have to go out and buy a new wardrobe to respect the dress code of your next occasion!
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[2] Its memory is preserved by the moniker "Leatherneck", and the high collar on Marine dress uniforms