Early-To-Mid Victorian Highland Wear

[davidlpope]

Last year we managed to throw together some appropriate-enough clothing from my accumulated historical clothing, but this year we want to do things more correctly. <SNIP>
So, what would a common Highland Scots shopkeeper or merchant wear in the 1840's or 1850's?

I guess the real question is whether you want to do this "correctly"[i.e. dress like a shopkeeper in London (or even a town in the Highlands) dressed at the time Charles Dickens was writing] or whether you want to wear a kilt. From the what I can glean on this subject, the two seem mutually exclusive.

Cordially,

David