Outlander Wardrobe and language

[figheadair]

Here is Terry Dresbach's website to see stills of some of the costuming and blog posts about her design process.
http://terrydresbach.com/

Interesting. I would describe the 'Green Plaid' as tweed, not tartan,because of the use of mixture yarn which is a feature of tweed and not traditional tartan. similarly, this one.

This style of dress with an insert bodice is unlike anything of the period that I've seen.

This style of dirk is too early for the period too.

Kilted on horse back? Trews were normally worn for riding and it would have been simple to get that right. Oh and did I mention the boots and hose?

With so much historical evidence around in the form of paintings, drawings and descriptions it's a shame that more attention wasn't paid to source material.

[terry dresbach]

We use trews, Dougal wears them and Jamie wears them. I wanted them to wear trews whenever they were on horseback.
But it is a television show not a documentary, and we have bosses.