Kilted at a renfair.

**Woodsheal** · 4th December 06, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by PiobBear

This look - especially considering the basket hilt sword - is appropriate for 1590's (just barely!) thru 1746. Of course the 3-drone pipes are a later development

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**Nighthawk** · 23rd April 08, 01:06 PM

My understanding is that the little (as in filed begh or however the heck you spell it) is correct for the late Rennaisance/ early Enlightment. It was just starting to come into fashion, along with a long plaid. I could be wrong- I have only read one book on the subject, and it was short with mostly pictures and paintings to go by- but those paintings are what I have based my costume around.

**Nick the DSM** · 23rd April 08, 01:13 PM

well, if theyre having fun wearing it, i dont see a problem.

**Woodsheal** · 23rd April 08, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

My understanding is that the little (as in filed begh or however the heck you spell it) is correct for the late Rennaisance/ early Enlightment. It was just starting to come into fashion, along with a long plaid. I could be wrong- I have only read one book on the subject, and it was short with mostly pictures and paintings to go by- but those paintings are what I have based my costume around.

The "philabeg" or little kilt dates no earlier than the very-late 1600s, or perhaps not till the 1720s, if you buy the Englishman Rawlinson theory, which many scholars do:
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com...=&g=&a=130&w=2