HOS revisited: 1860s Day Dress

[OC Richard]

It's easy for people, when looking at The Highlanders Of Scotland, to focus on the swords and targes and buckles and overlook the fact that a large number of the subjects are in quite plain Day Dress (as we call it now).

I went back and chose portraits showing brown or grey jackets, what we would call Day Dress. Often these had to be cropped out of group photos, so a bit of someone else's sword peeks through at the edge.

The variety is quite wonderful.

Here we go:

[Tartan Tess]

Thank you for posting those. Everytime I look at the pictures I see something new like the spikes on the soles of the shoes and is that a opposum sporran?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I'll point out one thing that many miss from these portraits -- and that is that these gentlemen are all quite clearly wearing box pleated kilts!

[Russ Cochiolo]

The first sporran appears to be a fox and the second a badger. Thanks for the post. Russ

[Korvyn]

The thing i notice most is how little Suit coats and Jackets have changed in well over 150 years.

[Tartan Tess]

Are there opossums in Scotland?

[xman]

Thank you for posting those. Everytime I look at the pictures I see something new like the spikes on the soles of the shoes and is that a opposum sporran?

Looks like fox to me.

I notice that not a one of these gens wears Ghillie Brogues. I wonder when and how that came into such popularity

[KiltedDixon]

I like these pics of yore. I am struck by the length of the sporrans.

[Tartan Tess]

OK.
you guys always talk about "Pulling the trigger" for kilts
This post and frantic searches to my usual book habit websites for the umteenth time make me bite the bullet to ask....where can I buy one of these books?

[Atlanta Kiltie]

I noticed that very few are wearing flashes and sgain dhus with their hose.