In earlier times the Highland Scots and Gaelic Irish had the same national dress. This dress consisted of the "léine", which was a linen tunic almost identical to the Greek "foustanella"; it also had the ionar which was a sort of embroidered waistcoat; and it had the brat which was a fringed wool mantle that could be of any color or design but usually a dark color. As well as I understand it, the difference in dress between Ireland and Highland Scotland began when the Scots began to arrange their "brat" in a pleated toga like fashion over the shoulder. So why do I see this saffron colored "Irish Kilt" for sale as if historically accurate? Wouldn't it make more sense to make a great kilt out of a brat, or a skirt version of the brat like they have in Scotland now?