What is Traditional Highland Dress?

[davidlpope]

I believe that is Rex's well made point, exactly. "Tradition" is the historical constant root that is not open to "Fashion's" influence, but rather, the unchanging point where we all begin, and return to, when designing fashion.

Being of the blood, but not of the culture, I truly appreciate my friends of the Highlands participating and guiding me in my education. Thank you!

Brooke

Perhaps the as-yet unasked question is this:

Is it even possible to truly wear Traditional Highland Attire without emulating the style that is worn by Scots in the Highlands?

That is, perhaps when folks throughout the world "modify" Traditional Highland Attire to fit their own fashion sensibilities it ceases to be Traditional Highland Attire and becomes something else.

Cordially,

David

David, my answer is "no", but I think we might be better to exit this thread on the Duke of Rothesay and go to "What is Traditional Highland Dress" for further discussion. What say you and Brooke?

Rex

Rex,

I tend to be of the same view. I guess the follow-up question is whether or not it is possible to wear Traditional Highland Attire outside Scotland at all...

I have a very neat book in my library titled "Highland Heritage". The author does a pretty thorough job examining the phenomena of "Scottish-Americanism" in the American South from a socialogist's point of view. I'd love to get a review of it from the Highlanders that are on XMarks. It might make all the fuss on this side of the pond a bit more understandable. Then again, it may confuse "y'all" even more. PM me if you'd be interested in reading it and I will drop a copy in the mail.

David