Show us your Vintage Kilt Photos

[Tobus]

but then wouldn't they be longer shadows?

Aye, the shadows are what made me question that this is a daytime event. My guess, based on the length of the shadows, is that it's either about 10am or 2pm (maybe even 9am or 3pm). Definitely not anywhere close to "evening".

But then again, maybe the "evening wear versus day wear" rules don't apply here, or didn't apply at the time... which is why I'm so curious.

[HenryT]

Aye, the shadows are what made me question that this is a daytime event. My guess, based on the length of the shadows, is that it's either about 10am or 2pm (maybe even 9am or 3pm). Definitely not anywhere close to "evening".

But then again, maybe the "evening wear versus day wear" rules don't apply here, or didn't apply at the time... which is why I'm so curious.

Who knows... when I first saw this, I immediately thought piper competition. Which explains the captions. If that is the case, I understand the formal dress... including medals and dirk. He is simply wearing the equivalent of a "stroller" suit during the day. He is just wearing the black lounge version of highland dress.

Because it can clearly be seen where the kilts fall... I would also venture a bet the photographer was low, perhaps, even kneeling, this would also explain the illusion of short shadows.

It is fun to speculate

[OC Richard]

About those three pipers, as the caption says they're the men that came in 1st 2nd and 3rd in a piping competition. The man on the left appears to be a military Pipe Major, the man on the right in the uniform of a civilian pipe band (many of which wore uniforms very similar to military uniforms) while the man in the centre is wearing ordinary civilian Highland Dress of the time, a Regulation Doublet, long hair sporran, etc.

It was, and still is, quite common for pipers to "dress up" a bit and to wear black jackets with silver buttons during the daytime.

In fact most pipe bands nowadays (the ones that have jackets) wear black Argyll jackets with silver buttons at all their competitions, which take place at Highland Games during the day.

At the time that photo was taken it was quite usual to wear long hair sporrans with civilian Evening Dress... and it's fairly common nowadays too.

[BoldHighlander]

In the thread Eisenhower & George VI, MacLowlife posted the following link & query:

here are a few stills, some of the same outfit. Not mine,

http://photobucket.com/images/King+George+VI+in+a+kilt/

Were they posted/ archived by an Xmarker?

After checking I found that two of the photos from the link he provided have been archived in this thread. The others haven't located, thus I'll include them here. I don't have any info concerning these photos so I'll leave that to others to provide. Enjoy!









the following two: the Braemar Games perhaps?

[madmacs]

the following two: the Braemar Games perhaps?

I think this may actually be Aberdeen harbour, Robert Millar & Sons were a timber merchant there in the area of Blackies Quay, Regents Quay and Victoria Dock.