The arisaid and other women's tartan clothing

[freep]

Also: http://www.historichighlanders.com/attire.htm

[figheadair]

I make no claims as to the scholarship of the link below but perhaps it will be of interest:

http://www.tartansauthority.com/high...ess-for-women/

A reasonable guide but it's essentially a conglomeration of other references without employing any academic thought to what was said by previous writers.

Also: http://www.historichighlanders.com/attire.htm

This whole article needs to be read with caution, there's quite a lot that's just plain wrong.

Both are examples of why there is a fresh need to go back to the original source materiall, examine it and try and make sense of what was written, when and why.

[freep]

A reasonable guide but it's essentially a conglomeration of other references without employing any academic thought to what was said by previous writers.
This whole article needs to be read with caution, there's quite a lot that's just plain wrong.
Both are examples of why there is a fresh need to go back to the original source materiall, examine it and try and make sense of what was written, when and why.

If only there were a historian that had done as you suggest!

[ASinclair]

I'm very interested to see the results of your research Peter. Thanks for taking on this project.