St Andrew's Day Ball 1

 Greetings

Teddy and I went to our second Regency Ball in Putney on St Andrew's Day.

It was very local for us, so we went to the practice in everyday clothes and then went home to change for the ball.

It was Scottish themed, but , even through kilts were allowed, I decided not to wear mine.

My Line Regiment coat happens to have the star of the Order of the Thistle on it. I usually wear it with my nice bullion epaulettes and an aiglette, so I added the swath I usually wear with my kilt , as this was often done by Highland regiment officers.

It was a challenge keeping that much cloth under control for dancing. I passed one end under my right epaulette and threw the rest round and back over the top of the same epaulette, pinning it with a kilt pin at my left hip and with a clan broach at the shoulder. This left a long end hanging behind me.

Next time I will use a clan broach and a kilt pin at the shoulder, as one broach was not enough to stop tartan falling down my arm at times.

This was also the first time I had worn my new white britches. They were very comfortable to dance in.

I will post more pictures later.

Until next time

Adieu