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Highland regalia

  • Kilt

    Kilt
  • Hose

    Hose
  • Flashes

    Flashes
  • Black shoes

    Black shoes
  • Spats

    Spats
  • Sporran

    Sporran
  • Argyle jacket

    Argyle jacket
  • Cross belt

    Cross belt
  • Waist belt

    Waist belt
  • Plaid and brooch

    Plaid and brooch
  • Glengarry and pipes

    Glengarry and pipes
  • Feather bonnet and mace

    Feather bonnet and mace

Click through this interactive illustration to see the various items of dress that make up the full Highland regalia worn by a member of a pipe band.

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Peter Clayworth, Brass and pipe bands – Pipe bands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/43256/highland-regalia (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 4 November 2013.