Civilian Spats

[OC Richard]

Yes it's these that look most like the civilian spats one might wear with civilian Highland Dress back in the old days, in my opinion.

BTW the military spats worn by Highland regiments in the Napoleonic period were grey.

Sort of interesting that knee-high spats are a standard part of the traditional Galician folk costume.



This costume is very interesting. The kneebreeches have become short and end above the knee, the gap between the breeches and spats covered by thin white under-trousers.

These spats have decorative fuzzy balls at the toes; I've seen them with and without those.

Note the Galego dialect: single l rather than ll (Galego instead of Gallego), x instead of j (Xunta rather than Junta).