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The sash is usually worn from the right shoulder to the left hip. A few orders do the contrary, according to their traditional statute. For men, the tradition is to wear the tartan plaid on the left shoulder

For men, the tradition is to wear the tartan plaid on the left shoulder, irrespective of whether the man is a chief or not. But it would look rather odd for his wife to be wearing a sash from the right shoulder whilst he wore a plaid on his left.