What is Traditional Highland Dress?

[Brian K]

Guys, it's time to quit obsessing over how HRH the Duchess of Cornwall is dressed... (SHEESH! talk about wandering off-off topic...)

Agreed, Scott. I have even begun to regret my one post regarding the subject, if only for the fact that it prolonged the agony.

Regards,

Brian

[MacMillans son]

Good point cousin. I think some of us (myself included) get bored sometimes and look for anything to talk about, but this topic has certainly been exhausted!

Let's shift the discussion to her hair style shall we?

[sfb]

I've got no idea whether this is the right thread to say this (I'm easily confused), but does anyone else think that even if the Highland way is, apparently, not to bother about bits of your clothing "matching", part of the reason Prince Charles invariably looks so good is that he's always perfectly coordinated, er, colour-wise?

[xman]

Perhaps this is the time to point out that Charles isn't a Highlander.

[MacLowlife]

Thanks. I may have been a little hasty as well as testy and I may have been unclear in my frustration.

My points were two:
1) there is no use in reinventing the conversational wheel/ ploughing the same furrow every few weeks, and
2) the ghillie brogue is either the height of invented tradition or the height of actual tradition, but nobody has been convinced to change his opinion about it in years.

I enjoy discussing traditional highland dress and even broader matters that are tangential to it, such as formalwear and formal occasions, highland games, ladies' outfits, etc. I just get tired of the same old thing with a lot of air whipped into it. When I first joined the forum, a wise person suggested that I use the search feature to aid in my inquiry. No better advice was ever given.

As for new topics, please see the thread I posted about lightweight jackets that look like traditional tweed. I do not want to tread on anyone's right to discuss anything, or to suggest self-censorship. I just want a little less repetition and a little more novelty.
Thanks

[CMcG]

<snip>I do not want to tread on anyone's right to discuss anything, or to suggest self-censorship. I just want a little less repetition and a little more novelty.
Thanks

MacLowlife,

While the title of this thread is perhaps mundane, I had hoped that there was at least some pertinent nuance in my OP. Given the recent reorganization of the site, I wanted to clarify some issues regarding definitions and what is to be posted where. And we have productively received a useful new acronym: THCD (Traditional Highland Civilian Dress)!

This thread has certainly taken on a life of its own beyond the original question but that is in the spirit of a good forum. If we relied solely on the search function to answer our questions, this site might unfortunately become a much more quiet place.

If I may return to the OP, I feel the title has been amply answered. This part of the site is for THCD and the standard is set by the native home of the kilt. I've learned that uniform discussions, military or pipe band, might better go in other parts of the forum and why.

As for the nuance, what do you call generally THCD with variations from outside Scotland? Where on Xmarks should it go?

[Jock Scot]

MacLowlife.

I hear what you say and in many ways you are right, but if you are a new member who does not know his way around then the direct route of just asking a question is the obvious way to go. So before long us old stagers go; "oh lord that question was asked last month and the month before that" and so on. I am not sure that that can be avoided.In truth, this old stager has no idea how the search engine works either! Websites like this need new blood to keep things going otherwise what else is there left to say about the kilt after a week or at most, a month?

[MacMillans son]

Thanks Jock,
While I understand M.L.L.'s frustrations, as a not too computer savvy newcomer I did exactly as you stated. Only after reading back through the posts did I learn, much to my embarrassment, that essentially the same question had been asked a month ago. I was quite happy that you and Rex and others just graciously answered my question or commented on my post as if it was the first time you had heard it, instead of sending me back to the bone pile to look for the answer, or worse, implying I was some kind of baffoon for even asking such an elementary question. I believe you are quite right in your assumption that to do otherwise would likely result in a few well informed old members solving the worlds problems in a week and then having not much more to comment on other than HRHs newest photo. Mentoring the new, and politely answering all of their questions, is how we keep the traditions alive.

Thanks for your support and such a great forum!

Brooke