Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
I may be wrong about this but I associate tweed kilts in years gone by with aristocratic Englishmen who, of course, had no family tartan coming up to the Highlands for a few weeks' shooting.

Alan
That’s a fascinating thought. It would also make sense as wealthy English experienced in shooting would have already been accustomed to and comfortable with tweed.

I wonder if this line of reasoning could apply to wealthy lowlanders bitten by the bug of Victorian highland romanticism like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? They also would have lacked highland clan affiliation and, as Scottish romanticists, had even more motivation in owning a kilt.