The original kilt style?

[Downunder Kilt]

Thankyou Peter for another bit of education into kilting history that I am sure would not have seen the light of day, but for your tenacity. I look foward to seeing more information on the kilt as it comes to light. Cheers

[BoldHighlander]

This is wonderful Peter. What an amazing discovery. Thank-you for sharing this.

Ignore my previous post. I'm watching this thread with great anticipation, and look forward to the scholarly paper that is sure to follow.

Good show, Peter!

Thankyou Peter for another bit of education into kilting history that I am sure would not have seen the light of day, but for your tenacity. I look foward to seeing more information on the kilt as it comes to light. Cheers

*** to all the above! :mrgreen:

Fantastic find Peter. Thank you for sharing it!

[figheadair]

A mannequin shot will take a while to organise but I might just be able to do it next week. Wait out.

[MacRobert's Reply]

Fascinating thread figheadair. Looking forward to more pictures.

[Salvianus]

I can only add my thanks.

When I compare the lengths people like Penelope Walton Rogers have to go to in order to extrapolate 5th century clothing ensembles based on the position of two or three fragmentary brooches which sometimes preserve a chemical residue giving an impression of a weave - to have potentially important artefacts like this still extant but undocumented is astonishing!

That a garment which would actually fail some modern definitions of the kilt was credibly associated with a Scottish earl (whether true or not) is almost as noteworthy.

Your work continues to evidence considerable diversity in the early forms of an everyday practical garment that is today so often regarded as precisely defined, expensive formal costume, every aspect of the wearing of which is by rights prescribed by a style manual.

Folk-songs aren't opera, and I love them all the more for it. Here's to the folk-kilt!