Well done!
You just might be the only person I've seen attend a Victorian/19th century/Dickens/US Civil War event who isn't wearing glaring anachronisms.
It's a source of continual amazement to me how people who are so careful to get every button period-correct when in "Saxon" dress, or period military uniform, throw out all sense of historicity when they don Highland Dress.
It's as if Highland Dress floats outside of time itself, much like the TARDIS.
Not only do men almost invariably wear sporran types that didn't appear until after World War One, they generally choose types that didn't appear until the 1970s, sporran styles linked to the then-new Kilt Hire Industry.
With jackets, they usually choose Prince Charlies, which likewise didn't appear until the 20th century.
Here's a collage I put together showing what I'm talking about. 5 of the 6 photos include outfits which couldn't possibly have been put together until after the 1960s.
Last edited by OC Richard; 20th April 21 at 08:26 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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