X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers. - Putting It On Properly https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/ If you have a question about how to put on something in your kilt wardrobe, or wish to post about how you put it on, this is your place. en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:24:01 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers. - Putting It On Properly https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/ Turn-ups on tartan TROUSERS? https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f242/turn-ups-tartan-trousers-99407/ Mon, 18 May 2026 11:39:00 GMT Well alright, the definitions of tartan trousers and tartan trews are many and various. So.......... Mrs Jock and I were at a smart dinner ------not formal----- party last night. Most of the men... Well alright, the definitions of tartan trousers and tartan trews are many and various. So..........

Mrs Jock and I were at a smart dinner ------not formal----- party last night. Most of the men were wearing suits and some of us were wearing our kilts, tweed kilt jackets and drop down ties. The ladies were dressed in an assortment of appropriate attire and beautiful they looked, but not one of them wore a stitch of tartan. During the evening one of the male guests asked about tartan trousers as he was thinking of getting a pair made.

As you can imagine a lively conversation ensued and first of all there was a discussion on the difference between Trews and trousers. I think after a modest conversation it was agreed that the term "Trews" had confusingly a dual meaning. So for the sake of the discussion, the military style of tartan garments were "trews" and the civilian style of tartan garments were "trousers". In this we failed and confusion ensued on more than one occasion! Nothing new there then! But we had a lot of laughs!

So, the chap wanting a pair of tartan trousers, had fairly definite ideas to what he required. So a Clan tartan was not a problem as he wanted the Clan Chatten tartan, although I had reservations of how it would look. However, its not an unusual tartan around here. He did not want a more severe military cut for the garment and he wanted turn-ups.

It was here that the discussion took off! Personally I don't mind turn-ups on tartan trousers, but there were more than a few around the table who were horrified in a charming way, at the thought!

So alright you chaps, what do you think? ]]> Putting It On Properly Jock Scot https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f242/turn-ups-tartan-trousers-99407/ 18th century highlander https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f242/18th-century-highlander-99405/ Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:16 GMT I’m wishing to go historical with my highland dress, I have purchased a great kilt and period correct shirt. I’m wanting to portray a more common man of the time, not the nobles I seem to be finding... I’m wishing to go historical with my highland dress, I have purchased a great kilt and period correct shirt. I’m wanting to portray a more common man of the time, not the nobles I seem to be finding in paintings. I see reenactors wearing one tartan for the kilt, and another for the vest. Is this based in historic accuracy? And also, would they have worn a sash or fly plaid with something like a Culloden jacket?IMG_0711 Large.jpg
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