Tartan trews in late Victorian - edwardian period

[Italianscot]

Hello, this Is my First post,

Apart from my interest in everything scottish , i am also interested in late 19th century -early 20th century fashion.

I have very recently bought a nice pair of vintage military trews from.the 1940s and It Is striking how the military trousers at such a late date are basically of the same pattern of victorian and edwardian period, save of course for some minor details.


Thus i have suddenly realized that i have never seen on period photos, a civilian usage of trews for highland dress. I mean, wearing a clan tartan trews as a alternative for kilt,.

So, were tartan trews used only by scottish regiment?

Do we have period photos that shows the use of clan tartan trews in civilian use as a sostitute for the kilt?

[figheadair]

So, were tartan trews used only by scottish regiment?

Do we have period photos that shows the use of clan tartan trews in civilian use as a sostitute for the kilt?

Welcome to the forum.

That is a very good question. I'm struggling to think of a single photographic example but I'm sure that there must be a few. OC Richard has an extensive collection of period photographs so he's probably best to comment.