Evolution of the Modern Kilt

[The Q]

My own belief is that Rawlinson's invention ( with his probably local highland tailor) was that of converting the loose cloth feileadh beag or mhor held together by a belt round the waist. Into an easy to strap on and keep on, tailored kilt 3 or 4 yard kilt (modern loom measurement) with sewn in pleats. Not the invention of the small kilt, nor the development of today's 8 yard kilt.

[jthk]

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Regards,
Jonathan

[figheadair]

My own belief is that Rawlinson's invention ( with his probably local highland tailor) was that of converting the loose cloth feileadh beag or mhor held together by a belt round the waist. Into an easy to strap on and keep on, tailored kilt 3 or 4 yard kilt (modern loom measurement) with sewn in pleats. Not the invention of the small kilt, nor the development of today's 8 yard kilt.

We don't know exactly when the lleats began to be sewn in but the extant evidence suggests that is likely to have been at the end, rather than the beginning, of the 18th century,