Show shirt cuff at end of Crail or Tweed jacket sleeve?

[OC Richard]

This is one of a number of things that, when I got into kiltwearing, struck me as being different in traditional Highland Dress and American suits.

As a piper, even in civilian Highland Dress, there is some military influence, and oftentimes you see British military cuffs being worn rather longer than is seen in American civilian suits, down to halfway between the wrist and knuckles, sometimes down to the knuckles.



I went back and looked over The Highlanders Of Scotland to see the mid-19th century Highland customs, and the sleeves are a bit on the long side, though some men are showing a sliver of shirt-cuff.

Here in the US Southwest we pipers are often playing in hot weather, and wearing short-sleeved shirts is common.

We have to wear jackets to look smart, but due to the heat I, for many years, have worn short-sleeved shirts with my Argyll jackets for piping gigs. Pipers want the jacket sleeves long because the arms are thrust forward while piping.

Here's my normal thing, longish jacket sleeves and short-sleeved shirt underneath.



On the other hand, there's the well-known Bob Shepherd look