Historical Plain Dress with the Kilt?

**Bugbear** · 3rd April 12, 07:38 PM

Have been probing around in my heritage lately, and wondering something just out of curiosity.

Is there any historical evidence that "plain dress" using the kilt was ever practiced in Scotland? (probably the Highlands)
Thanks for any information or discussion.

**HenryT** · 3rd April 12, 07:48 PM

By "plain dress" do you mean every day casual wear?

**Bugbear** · 3rd April 12, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by HenryT

By "plain dress" do you mean every day casual wear?

Um… No.

**MacLowlife** · 3rd April 12, 08:05 PM

MacBug, Might a good place to start be to ask if the groups which historically practiced plain dress ever congregated or appeared in Scotland?

I know this is a chicken-egg thing, but I am guessing it might be easier to know first where the groups were and then what they wore there...

And, of course, for some like me, the first question is which groups practice(d) plain dress?

**HenryT** · 3rd April 12, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by Bugbear

Um… No.

Then you mean the Quaker or Brethren "plain dress"...

**Bugbear** · 3rd April 12, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by HenryT

Then you mean the Quaker or Brethren "plain dress"...

Yes. I'm sorry, I should have explained better: among any of the groups that practiced plain dress.
I am sure there were Quakers, MacLowlife, in Scotland from early on: George Fox contemporaries. I don't know about the Highlands, so add that to the question, I suppose.

**Jock Scot** · 3rd April 12, 10:21 PM

I am sorry Ted, but I am unfamilier with the term "plain dress", can you enlighten me please?

**Bugbear** · 3rd April 12, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

I am sorry Ted, but I am unfamilier with the term "plain dress", can you enlighten me please?

Well… A jacket would probably be either un dyed or something like a dull brown or gray. There would not be any extra buttons, and they would not be fancy buttons: No ornamentation or extra stuff. It might be outdated or old clothing; Kind of minimalist toward fashion, and not bright or flashy.

That's kind of the gist of it. Hope that makes sense, or that I haven't described something wrong.

**Dale Seago** · 3rd April 12, 11:15 PM

Does this help?

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An Amish family.

Plain dress is a religious practice in which people dress in clothes of traditional modest design, sturdy fabric, and conservative cut. It is used to show humility and to preserve communal separateness from the rest of the world. It is practiced by some Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, Mennonites, Quakers, some Muslims, as well as Hasidic and Haredi Jews, rabbis in particular.[1]