Great Kilt rental

[OC Richard]

As Jock says, it's unusual to see anyone wearing a feileadh mor in the UK.

Or here.

The only time I see them is with the Renaissance Fair people.

Back when I started going to Highland Games (1970s) all you saw there was ordinary modern traditional Highland Dress, exactly like the Games I've attended in Scotland.

If you went to the Renaissance Fair you'd see people in historical Highland costume, great kilts etc.

At some point the Renaissance Fair people began showing up at our various Highland Games, began staking out a corner somewhere and setting up their tents etc just like they do at the Renaissance Fair. By the 2000s they were to be seen at most or all of our Highland Games.

So you do see great kilts at our local Games, but only worn by those people as part of their specific costume.

As for Outlander costume, it's been discussed here at some length. You can use the search function to find the quite lengthy thread on the authenticity of the costume.

What it comes down to, in a nutshell, is that a person has two discrete choices:

1) Dress in the costume of a character in a modern TV show, movie, or video game, which is a popular hobby called "cosplay". Dressing as a character from Outlander is cosplay. I've seen it at various Comic-Cons.

2) Dress in historical 18th century Highland Dress.

The two have different purposes and would require almost entirely different outfits.

Here is some Outlander cosplay (at DragonCon in Atlanta)



Here is mid-18th century Highland Dress



and a modern re-enactor so dressed; it's a world away from the costumes in Outlander