What is Traditional Highland Dress?

[Jock Scot]

Oh I agree! Traditional Highland attire almost demands that not much matches! Alright let us use day wear as an example and start with the kilt. There are several thousand tartans to choose from and if we add the ancient, weathered, modern colour schemes plus variations from assorted weavers and mills there is a good chance of not much matching there. Even at a clan gathering. There are umpteen hundred different tweeds and at least three distinct styles of day wear jackets to choose from, plenty of scope there. There are multitudes of shirts, ties and hose to choose as well. So there is every chance that the "Brigade of Guards" look will be avoided. However, if one looks closely these are variations very much on the same theme and very traditional.I might add that I have not even mentioned in the equation that absolute essential of traditional highland attire-----personal flair. So I think the suggested starting time for traditional Highland attire is about right, say early 1900's (late Victorian) and for it to continue to this day with very little change(why re-invent the wheel?)and in truth I really cannot see it changing much for the foreseeable future.