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A soldier of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (right) wearing a tam o' shanter in 1942. In the First World War, a khaki Balmoral bonnet was introduced in 1915 for wear in the trenches by Scottish infantry serving on the Western Front. This came to be known as the "bonnet, tam o' shanter", later abbreviated among military personnel to "ToS".
Tam designs continued to be fashionable throughout the 1930s; The Times highlighted an outfit for Royal Ascot in 1938 comprising dress and bolero jacket with matching black velvet tam with high corners in the style of a mortar board hat. [9] In the British Isles, the tam cap is often used as a headcovering by Christian women during church services.
The Balmoral bonnet (also known as a Balmoral cap or Kilmarnock bonnet) is a traditional Scottish hat that can be worn as part of formal or informal Highland dress. Developed from the earlier blue bonnet , dating to at least the 16th century, it takes the form of a knitted , soft wool cap with a flat crown.
Eight-piece style caps are, stylistically, an offshoot of a Scottish tam o' shanter. [ citation needed ] While they were worn by boys and men of all social classes, they were worn by the "upper" classes primarily for leisure activities, and the style became associated with well-to-do country sportsmen, drivers, and wealthy golfers.
The earliest image of Scottish soldiers wearing tartan (belted plaids and trews); 1631 German engraving by Georg Köler.[a]Regimental tartans are tartan patterns used in military uniforms, possibly originally by some militias of Scottish clans, certainly later by some of the Independent Highland Companies (IHCs) raised by the British government, then by the Highland regiments and many Lowland ...
Company design England: Created in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats. Clan McDuck: Disney: United States: Created in 1942 for Donald Duck universe/Duck Family features, possible "#1 variant." [211] DunBroch/Merida Disney United States Created for the 2012 ...
Still Game is a Scottish sitcom series, following the lives of a group of pensioners who live in Craiglang, a fictional area of Glasgow. [1] The show was created by and stars Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, [2] and first aired on BBC One Scotland on 6 September 2002.
Lauder usually performed in full Highland regalia—kilt, sporran, tam o' shanter, and twisted walking stick, and sang Scottish-themed songs. [7] By 1911 Lauder had become the highest-paid performer in the world, and was the first British artist to sell a million records; by 1928 he had sold double that. [8]