Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen, please get your heads out of the clouds! These pictures, interesting though they may be, bare no relation whatsoever to what was worn on a day to day basis. These pictures are fantasy, a dream and dare I say it, lies. Somewhere, lost I expect, there is a picture of me in my youth, sat on a horse in a damned uncomfortable uniform with sword drawn. Now if, in a hundred years time that picture resurfaces and some one looks at it and says gosh "this is the British Army going into action in 1960, this is proof of how they did it and what they wore". Wrong conclusions could be drawn, just as I fear some are doing with those kilted pictures.

Most certainly enjoy the pictures, most certainly glean what information from the pictures that you can about aspects of clothing etc.,but please don't fall into the trap of thinking that any Scot wore that as normal dress.

Those outfits were the very best that very few could muster, plus a large dose of artistic licence, for a very specific event. A pose. Just like the fellow on a horse in his best uniform with his sword.
The one exception Jock would be William Duff, a games-watcher for the Duke of Athole (below):



By all accounts that I've come across this is how he actually looked in his day to day activities, however I've read he was even more rather unkempt in appearance (MacLeay was suppose to have "tidied up" his appearance in the portrait). The term generally used in describing Duff was "picturesque"

Here's a link about artist Kenneth MacLeay & his portraits for anyone interested.