Re: Feathers in your cap

Originally Posted by
silverquill68
After all, if tradition were such a holy thing, clan chieftains would probably roll over in their graves seeing young Scotsmen wearing kilts and combat boots down to the local pub.
Why would that bee? In the height of the Clan system weren't kilts still everyday clothing, not stylized as we see today with rules or Conventions to observe. At one point and for quite some time over its history it was simply what a Highlander covered his bum with so as not to scare the English.
I wonder just how recent some of these con mentions are, how Lord High muck of Large bottom and Spread was rendered in portrait notwithstanding.
"The Highland dress is essentially a 'free' dress, -- that is to say, a man's taste and circumstances must alone be permitted to decide when and where and how he should wear it... I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed." -- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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