Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
No, I am sorry, he is not in day dress kilt attire! He is wearing a suit equivalent...
This seems to be one of those times when things which to a mere observer like myself appear to be one thing, but to others something else.
Certainly in outward appearance that man's dress conforms entirely to Day Dress as it is always described, with tweed jacket, leather sporran, lovat hose, etc. In all my vintage Highland Dress catalogues, contemporaneous with that photo in fact, that precise sporran is listed as a "Day" sporran, that precise jacket listed as a "Day" jacket (see below for that exact sporran being so listed).
Puzzling...
Anderson's in 1936 states what at that time was, to them, appropriate for weddings:
Note that they mention what we would call charcoal grey, and black, kilt jackets. They don't call it "semi-dress" but indeed they seem to be speaking of a category of Highland Dress in between formal/evening dress and tweed day dress.
Last edited by OC Richard; 22nd February 15 at 07:25 AM.
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