Quote Originally Posted by Nighthawk View Post
Red wool garters, great kilt, hand knitted socks... Other than Kurt's modern kilt, I don't see the problems...

I know Doc's boots aren't strictly Highland, but they are accurate to the period, and were readily available on the British isles, so there's no reason a Highlander couldn't have owned a pair.
My knowledge is admittingly limited, but my understanding is that hose were cadagh cut on the bias, not knit (if hose were in fact worn), shoes would be hair-on deer hide (see article here: http://www.tartansauthority.com/high...ent/redshankes), and the breacan felidh would be the only form of the kilt.

No modern shoes, kilts, sporrans, or knit kilt hose. No drum-died garment-leather ren-faire boots with rubber soles.

The "there's no reason that" argument just isn't convincing to me. It's the same line of thought that leads to bogus Civil War reenactmenting ("see, my persona is a recent immigrant from Scotland to Kentucky who is used to wearing the kilt and didn't have time to find uniform trousers to put on..."). Better instead, if one is attempting to portray a specific period, portray only what is documented.