Quote Originally Posted by cavscout
When I first read the question, my first thought was isn't that style of plaid more for military attire? But...

Check out a few of these pics, specifically the Campbell pics.

http://www.tartansauthority.com/Web/...troduction.asp

I think it looks pretty rugged and appropriate.
What an interesting set of paintings. There certainly was more variety in what was thought of as proper Scots dress 150 years ago than there is today. Box pleats all the way around the waist, tartan vests made on the bias and even with lapels, one is either cut horizontal at the waist or tucked into the kilt. More than half the men seem to be wearing horse hair sporrans, quite a few hanging well below the bottom edge of the kilt. Most of them wear hose of the same tartan as the kilt, cut on the bias, but some wear hose of a different tartan. Sherrifmuir doublets in tartan--- all with the kilt belt outside the doublet. Most of the plaids are wrapped around the chest. I saw only 2 or 3 wore as modern fly plaids. And I would guess that most of these are what we would call daywear, unless it was the custom in Victorian times to take one's rifle to balls.