Royal Regiment of Scotland Dress Regs

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I was thinking of Hamish's photo advice on a long lost thread. At least I think it was Hamish.
Kilt photos should be taken from about waist height to get the true picture. Otherwise, the kilt looks too long and the subject looks all chesty.
These photos look like they were taken from the top of a step-ladder.

Wonder how Osprey books will portray them.

So, Nervous Jock, you're quite excited to be issued them. Are there any pictures out there besides these?

[Nervous Jock]

So, Nervous Jock, you're quite excited to be issued them. Are there any pictures out there besides these?

I choose the word "might" specifically in my opening post

Quite a lot of this kit is private purchase for officers so there are Grandfather rights on some items. Mess kit for example, is all bought at the owners expense. The Army has therefore granted a 5 year stay of execution on this for serving Officers. A new officer joining RRS now will buy the new kit, a serving officer will be permitted to wear his old kit for another 5 years when he will then have to own the new form of dress. If I'm still serving in 5 years time I won't be spending the money needed on this but purchase myself a really good MTM Prince Charlie and kilt in my family tartan which I can then wear to both military or non military functions.

With regards to the "Parade" uniforms they are all held centrally and issued on a one off basis as required so no soldier currently owns his own Highland rig. So I could request one for the odd occasion I need one but would be unlikely to get it due to the quantities held.

Unfortunately it appears that both Officers and soldiers jackets will be cut to a the same pattern and use the same cloth which I find a great shame but understandable due to the cost.

As a slight aside there is also talk of the new No 2 dress for non Scottish infantry regiments being similar to that worn by the Amercan Army where the Trousers are a different colour to the Jacket. At the moment unless the jackets and trousers are cut from the same run off cloth you can't mix and match them producing obvious difficulties when it comes to tailoring uniform.