"Jacobite" garb

[Erikm]

Not sure if your wanting to make your own or buy one? but these guys did a pretty good job on mine. Just email them for fabric colors...

http://www.just2tailors.com/index1.p...labeg/Wee_kilt

[Nighthawk]

Woodsheal- I did a little more research and found that you are right about the annular brooches. I found a lovely one at a Highland Games a week ago. I'll post pictures eventually... Thanks for pushing me to research those a little more!

[Erikm]

Here are the cadadh I sewed up. Not hard at all to make, although the contortion needed to pin cloth up the back of the legs was a real workout. I made these in the style Woodsheal suggested -- footless. I then added some elastic across the instep and back of the heel to keep them nice and tight. With the cadadh I am wearing my new Townsend shoes (love them!) that I received yesterday.

Great shoes might have to get myself a pair

[Pleater]

An old trick from costuming to make things tone together, or look weathered or stained is to soak them for an hour or so in a large container of tea or coffee - suitably diluted.

To get an even colouring wet the item beforehand and lower it into the filled container unfolded, then gently swish and turn, repeating from time to time.

To make it uneven roll up or twist the item and lower it in slowly or pour the colouring liquid onto the item as it lies in the otherwise empty container.

You can always repeat the process several times using dilute colouring - that is better than overdoing it in one go.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[The Bear]

That fabric's a nice find, Matt. Here's another cheap tartan in 100% wool:

http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/ca...spx?ItmID=2995

I bought some of the latter, and it's quite nice (don't know what shipping would be to Inverness, though! )....

The "little kilt" was indeed quite prevalent by the time of the '45, but how they were configured is unknown. Drawstring? Hand pleated each time (doubtful)? Pleats tacked in place at the top? We just don't know, as no philabegs from that early have survived....

Thats a nice cloth! it looks alot like the weatherd hunting McLean, a tartan i was thinking about getting. So do you think it would be better to go for a worsted heavy weight wool rather than a run of the mill cloth.

[Woodsheal]

Thats a nice cloth! it looks alot like the weatherd hunting McLean, a tartan i was thinking about getting. So do you think it would be better to go for a worsted heavy weight wool rather than a run of the mill cloth.

I would. You want something warm on those cold, wet, windy days! And, you want the fabric to be wool if you're going to be any place near open camp fires. Wool just smoulders, whereas polyester melts down into a boiling black slag - which you don't want on your bare legs!

The tartan in that link I sent is around 15 oz. weight....

[Woodsheal]

Woodsheal- I did a little more research and found that you are right about the annular brooches. I found a lovely one at a Highland Games a week ago. I'll post pictures eventually... Thanks for pushing me to research those a little more!

My pleasure. The minute research is fun, but you can also drive yourself foaming mad over time...!

[The Bear]

I would. You want something warm on those cold, wet, windy days! And, you want the fabric to be wool if you're going to be any place near open camp fires. Wool just smoulders, whereas polyester melts down into a boiling black slag - which you don't want on your bare legs!

The tartan in that link I sent is around 15 oz. weight....

Yeah im going to go for heavy weight. Inverness has alot of cold days! Im still looking for tartans that catch my eye. At the momment im still big on weathered hunting tartans because they will tie in with my brown wool waistcoat and the look im going for. What do you think of them for the jacobite period? The clanranald trust sell medieval tartans! look them up on clanranaldtrust.org. They have done alot of films and tv. Including gladitator, valhala rising and a program about clencoe.

[Woodsheal]

Yeah im going to go for heavy weight. Inverness has alot of cold days! Im still looking for tartans that catch my eye. At the momment im still big on weathered hunting tartans because they will tie in with my brown wool waistcoat and the look im going for. What do you think of them for the jacobite period? The clanranald trust sell medieval tartans! look them up on clanranaldtrust.org. They have done alot of films and tv. Including gladitator, valhala rising and a program about clencoe.

If you're going for the common or middling sort of clansman look, the muted, weathered, or "earthy" look works great. Your "higher up" clan gents went in for tartans with brighter shades, often derived from expensive imported dyes.

But, it must be said that Scottish weavers were able to produce some fairly vivid colors even using their local dyestuffs, so you really can't go wrong either way...!

[The Bear]

If you're going for the common or middling sort of clansman look, the muted, weathered, or "earthy" look works great. Your "higher up" clan gents went in for tartans with brighter shades, often derived from expensive imported dyes.

But, it must be said that Scottish weavers were able to produce some fairly vivid colors even using their local dyestuffs, so you really can't go wrong either way...!

what kind of pleats do you think would be best? i have a great kilt but im not wanting to wear that to my wedding. Im going to wear a kilt and fly plaid. Is there any kind of pleat that would have been used back then?