Tweed Great Kilt

[MHorne39]

I have a kilt in the fabric you're probably talking about, by Marton Mills, 16 ounce tartan tweed, Hunting Stewart Weathered.

It's the nicest kilt I've ever had.

However it does seem thicker and heavier than ordinary 16 ounce worsted kilting cloth, though I suppose technically they're the same.

It would look beautiful in a breacan-an-feileadh though in addition to being heavy and bulky it's also hopelessly anachronistic, as "weathered tartans" were introduced in 1949 and the breacan-an-feileadh became a thing of history around the beginning of the 19th century.

It's films like Rob Roy and television programmes like Outlander which have cemented "weathered" tartans as having existed in early times.

We have to face the fact that for over 200 years the breacan-an-feileadh has been a historical garment. Being a former re-enactor I've spent plenty of time in historical clothing, but such isn't going to pass for current fashion. Wearing a breacan-an-feileadh calls for powdered wig and the rest of the panoply of 18th century fashion.

Thanks for your response! You’re absolutely right, it’s the Stewart Hunting Weathered Tweed that I have my eye on. I’m not too worried about ‘historical accuracy’ necessarily, i don’t wear them as part of re-enactment costumes or for anything similar. I’ve just fallen in love with the look of it (I’ll normally wear them with a grandfather shirt or t shirt and leave the tails behind me instead of pinning to the shoulder in ‘traditional Highlander’ fashion. I really enjoy the kind of tribal, rugged look of it and it keeps it, to me anyways, from looking too costumey. Really appreciate the input!