Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
For sure that's what ended up happening, the wearing of ordinary modern Scottish Highland kilts.

But if you see some of the early Irish Revival kilts, they don't look like Scottish kilts at all, but thin fabric skirts gathered or pleated all around, quite obviously derived from the bottom of the old saffron leine.

Note the big sleeves and gathers/pleats all around, the costume at attempt at recreating the look of the old images.



Here you can see the embroidery such as is seen on the ionair in the old images (though the originals weren't Celtic knotwork)

Would love to see this sort of dress make a comeback. Undeniably Celtic, distinctively Irish.