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In the modern era, Scottish Highland dress can be worn casually, or worn as formal wear to white tie and black tie occasions, especially at ceilidhs and weddings. Just as the black tie dress code has increased in use in England for formal events which historically may have called for white tie, so too is the black tie version of Highland dress increasingly common.
An arisaid [1] [2] [3] (Scottish Gaelic: earasaid [4] or arasaid [4]) is a draped garment historically worn in Scotland in the 17th and 18th century (and probably earlier) as part of traditional female Highland dress. It was worn as a dress – a long, feminine version of the masculine belted plaid – or as an unbelted wrap.
A young Highland dancer wearing Aboyne dress prescribed for female dancers for the national dances. Another young Highland dancer wearing Highland Dress. 'Aboyne dress' is the name given to the prescribed attire for female dancers in the Scottish national dances , such as the Flora MacDonald 's fancy, the Scottish lilt, and others.
This category describes traditional and historic clothing from Scotland. ... Highland dress (1 C, 32 P) S. Scottish headgear (6 P) T. Tartan (3 C, 7 P)
Some sources refer to it as a wedding dress, but it has also been called the Widow's Weeds, after the Victorian term for women's mourning clothing. [80] [81] [82] McQueen previously employed a similar headpiece using antlers and black lace in Dante (Autumn/Winter 1996), which reappeared in his 2004 retrospective show Black. [29] [83] [84]
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The Glengarry bonnet is a traditional Scots cap made of thick-milled woollen material, decorated with a toorie on top, frequently a rosette cockade on the left side, and ribbons hanging behind. It is normally worn as part of Scottish military or civilian Highland dress, either formal or informal, as an alternative to the Balmoral bonnet or Tam ...