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    Obviously posed/staged/portrait pictures, but what photos from that era weren't.

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    Wearing what you've got?
    Other than the kilt and hose (probably) that would be my guess.

    Interesting photos. Thanks for posting them OCR.
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    The second gentleman's jacket and a couple others look like the old sack coat. Just my observation and looking at a few sack jackets out on the net.
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    I'm not sure those guys qualify as old, except in the historical sense, LOL. They all appear younger than me. I'm 56, and that isn't old. Or, is it?

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    P'raps I'll try my standard blue blazer with the kilt after all. . .
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    Came across these guys. No sporrans, long coats and the guy on the right has a large patch pocket on the apron of his kilt.



    Said to be a dance teacher and quite clearly a woman.



    Queen Victoria's Balmoral ghillies, 1856



    If these are dupes of another thread, sorry.
    Slàinte mhath!

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    Yes in the Boer War and in WWI Highland soldiers were issued those khaki drill aprons which protected the kilts. These aprons usually had pockets in the front, to stand in for the sporran which wouldn't be worn with the apron.

    Boer War: Highland soldiers protected and camouflaged by Khaki Drill (the aprons were either just issued, or just pressed)



    WWI: this apron only covers the front



    A WWI Highland Officer's Service Dress tunic. Yes it's pretty long! (The rank badges were displayed on the cuffs- those aren't buttons)

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    I love the long hair sporrans...and they all seem to have one except for the one with the full-mask sporran.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    Yes in the Boer War and in WWI Highland soldiers were issued those khaki drill aprons which protected the kilts. These aprons usually had pockets in the front, to stand in for the sporran which wouldn't be worn with the apron.

    <snip>
    That appears to be a full kilt on the guy in the pic I posted with the pocket in front rather than an over apron. At least it's connected to a pleated bit and I can't see a kilt underneath (that doesn't mean it's not there) on any of the three of them.

    Great kilt pin the guy on the left has, we could probably date the pic based on the invention of the safety pin.

    All the jackets in the last three pics are quite long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by freep View Post
    Came across these guys. No sporrans, long coats and the guy on the right has a large patch pocket on the apron of his kilt.

    Those are Kilt Aprons they are wearing, the sporrans are underneath and that pocket allows you access to the sporran. You see the Germans would be able to see the cantle of a military sporran and aim for it, so these were developed, they also kept the kilts cleaner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McMurdo View Post
    Those are Kilt Aprons they are wearing, the sporrans are underneath and that pocket allows you access to the sporran. You see the Germans would be able to see the cantle of a military sporran and aim for it, so these were developed, they also kept the kilts cleaner.
    I don't doubt the two fellows on the left are wearing aprons but that's NOT a kilt on the guy on the right? Pleats and all?
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