The military often retains very old ideas about Highland Dress. One of these is to NOT match things to the tartan! So we have red & white hose and a red jacket worn with Black Watch tartan, which contains neither red nor white

And in the mid-19th century it's still going strong in civilian dress, this brilliant used of red & yellow tartan hose and a brown jacket with a Black Watch kilt, which contains none of these colours
Last edited by OC Richard; 15th November 13 at 07:08 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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