… the habite of the Highland men … is stockings (which they call short hose) made of a warm stuff of divers colours, which they call tartane … A jerkin of the same stuff that their hose is made of; their garters being bands of hay or straw, with a plaid about their shoulders, which is a mantle of divers colours, much finer and lighter stuff than their hose, with blue flat caps on their heads.
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Showing posts with label Kilts. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 April 2015
The Real Deal on Tartan, Kilts, and Outlander Costumes
Labels:
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clans,
colours,
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Thursday, 26 June 2014
Early To Mid 18th Century Male Scottish Clothing.
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/articles/scottish-articles/the-evolution-of-the-kilt-the-18th-century-and-the-kilt.html
http://www.historichighlanders.com/attire.htm
http://www.scottish-kilts.co.uk/
http://www.clangregor.com/the-clothing-of-our-ancestors/
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18th century,
clothing,
colonial,
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Historical,
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Australia
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