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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.
Bagpiper in Highland dress with sporran indicated A horsehair sporran. The sporran (/ ˈ s p ɒr ə n /; Scottish Gaelic for 'purse'), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the kilt. Made of leather or fur, the ornamentation of the sporran is chosen to complement the formality of dress ...
Satirical caricature of French women curious about kilted Scottish soldiers, c. 1815 " True Scotsman " is a humorous term used in Scotland for a man wearing a kilt without undergarments. [ 1 ] Though the tradition originated in the military, it has entered Scottish lore as a rite, an expression of light-hearted curiosity about the custom, and ...
The Dress Act 1746, also known as the Disclothing Act, was part of the Act of Proscription (19 Geo. 2. c. c. 39) which came into force on 1 August 1746 and made wearing "the Highland Dress " — including the kilt — by men and boys illegal in Scotland north of the Highland line running from Perth in the east to Dumbarton in the west. [ 1 ]
Originating in the Scottish Highland dress for men, it is first recorded in the 16th century as the great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak. The small kilt or modern kilt emerged in the 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt.
Trews (or truis, Scottish Gaelic: triubhas) are men's clothing for the legs and lower abdomen, a traditional form of tartan trousers from Scottish Highland dress. Trews could be trimmed with leather, usually buckskin , especially on the inner leg to prevent wear from riding on a horse.
A mattucashlass is a type of dagger worn concealed in the armpit and primarily used for close combat, part of traditional Scottish male Highland dress. [1] It is also referred to as an armpit dagger [1] or a sleeve dagger in English. In Scots, the alternative name skene-ochil or skene-occles can also be found. [2]
Scottish regiments are military units which at some point during their existence have had a form of connection with Scotland. Though the military history of Scotland dates back to the era of classical antiquity , the first organised Scottish military units were formed in the Middle Ages , mostly to serve in the Anglo-Scottish Wars or the ...