If Dr Jones wore a kilt?

[KnittedReenactor]

Isn't Jones a Welsh name? I know Connery himself is a Scot, but I thought Jones was Welsh.

Senior would appear much as he does in your OP, the daper academic. Three-piece tweed kilt suit, starched shirt and bowtie. I imagine he would even use his Irish Tweed Walking hat. Same shoes and a simple brown leather day sporran.
The real debatable point is what is his kilt made of? Tweed? Family or military tartan?

[OC Richard]

Isn't Jones a Welsh name? I know Connery himself is a Scot, but I thought Jones was Welsh.

Yes I think you're right, however the character Henry Walton Jones (Senior) is a Scot, like Connery.

Senior would appear much as he does in your OP, the daper academic. Three-piece tweed kilt suit, starched shirt and bowtie. I imagine he would even use his Irish Tweed Walking hat. Same shoes and a simple brown leather day sporran.

I like that! Three-piece tweed kilt suit, and simple brown leather sporran.

Sort of like this, but with different tie and probably different hose



I wonder if Senior would switch out the bow tie for a long tie? I wonder if people often wore bow ties with kilts in the 1930s?

The real debatable point is what is his kilt made of? Tweed? Family or military tartan?

I like your idea of a full three-piece tweed kilt suit.

Being that his last name is Jones I wonder what tartan he would have worn. I don't think there was such a thing as "Welsh tartans" in the 1930s.

I don't remember his backstory, whether he had military service. It probably would have been an Officer in the Boer War.

(Born 1872, received Doctorate in Mediaeval Literature from Oxford in 1899.)

Another view of Senior's attire

[FossilHunter]

Yes I think you're right, however the character Henry Walton Jones (Senior) is a Scot, like Connery.



I like that! Three-piece tweed kilt suit, and simple brown leather sporran.

Sort of like this, but with different tie and probably different hose



I wonder if Senior would switch out the bow tie for a long tie? I wonder if people often wore bow ties with kilts in the 1930s?



I like your idea of a full three-piece tweed kilt suit.

Being that his last name is Jones I wonder what tartan he would have worn. I don't think there was such a thing as "Welsh tartans" in the 1930s.

I don't remember his backstory, whether he had military service. It probably would have been an Officer in the Boer War.

(Born 1872, received Doctorate in Mediaeval Literature from Oxford in 1899.)

Another view of Senior's attire

The Indiana Jones Wiki only says this about his youth:

Henry Walton Jones[4] was born in Scotland on December 12 in 1872.[1] Jack Williams was a childhood friend,[5] and when he was five years old Jones would go swimming in the loch. At least once, he ran away from home.[6] He went on to be educated under the tutelage of Helen Margaret Seymour at Oxford University,[7] where he developed friendships with Marcus Brody,[3]Richard Medlicot[8] and Eric Scythe.[9] In addition to Oxford lecturer, Professor Nigel Wolcott was also one of his mentors.[9] Henry graduated from university in 1893, and his relationship with an American woman named Anna led to marriage in 1898.[1]

[KnittedReenactor]

The Indiana Jones Wiki only says this about his youth:

Well if it only says he was born and/or raised in Scotland, he may still be actually Welsh by descent. I haven't dived into the extended Indy-verse, so I don't know if that is actually correct.

[Tobus]

I like that! Three-piece tweed kilt suit, and simple brown leather sporran.

Sort of like this, but with different tie and probably different hose

I guess I've never really paid attention to full tweed "kilt suit" outfits, but one thing that strikes me when I see this photo is that it looks like he's wearing a romper. The lack of bold patterning in the tweed really just makes the kilt and waistcoat blend together like a one-piece skirted overall. I wouldn't have thought that it would, but when I see it, it sure does.

[OC Richard]

The lack of bold patterning in the tweed really just makes the kilt and waistcoat blend together like a one-piece skirted overall.

Strange, it doesn't strike me that way even after you mentioned it.

What does jump out to my eye is what I take to be a hem at the bottom of the kilt. To me it makes the kilt look like a skirt. I've seen other hemmed kilts where the hem was pretty much invisible.

Speaking of actors, the model in that tweed kilt suit photo reminds me of Scottish actor Martin Compston.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhNlp7gtE-E