celtic confederate jackets worm with kilts

[OC Richard]

I'm not concerned at all with the historical aspect here, as other have covered that stuff very thoroughly.

In a simple "fashion" sense, this outfit has the trouble of large areas of two clashing shades of grey. Were I to want to wear that jacket with a kilt, I would wear Black Watch or similar tartan. Were I want to wear that kilt, I would wear it with a jacket that co-ordinates with it, such as a black jacket.


In this outfit the greys are closer to each other in shade, but the problem remains that there's just too much grey. Even the Glen is grey. Once again, a dark kilt would look much better with that jacket and visa versa.


Now someone might chime in saying "what do you mean, too much grey?? It's a Confederate uniform!" to which I would respond "go check out the original Confederate uniform regulations" in which the ONLY grey present in the uniform is the jacket itself.
To follow the regulations and reinterpret them into Highland Dress would mean a Navy Blue Glengarry and a quite dark kilt such as Black Watch, Clergy, etc.

Let's keep in mind that there is a vast resource of what Highland Dress looked like in the 1860s, The Highlanders Of Scotland.

One figure is actually wearing a Civil War style shell jacket.

Were I to mix Civil War attire and Highland Dress, I would keep my Highland Dress correct to period. Note that the style of sporran worn by both fellows above didn't evolve until c1900 making it a glaring anachronism. Ditto with lace jabots: they weren't worn at that time.

Here's the sorts of sporrans and dress worn in the 1860s. I myself would strive to capture the "feel" of that era in my dress, were I to attend a Civil War Ball or other event kilted.












And here are photos of men in Highland Dress taken in the 1860s