The Regency period

[BoldHighlander]

Please forgive my observation sideways to topic.
(A pet peeve of mine.)
Note the good expanse of knee and leg showing in the paintings prior.

Indeed.....it's been noted how the kilt has "grown" over time.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Indeed.....it's been noted how the kilt has "grown" over time.

Actually, if you look closely you'll see that the kilt in both cases is sitting just above the knee, which is still the most common length today. It is the hose in these portraits that are lower than we typically wear them. These hose seem to end at the widest part of the calf, or just above. We tend to pull our hose all the way up to the bottom of the knee.

M

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Here are two kilts currently on display in our Scottish Tartans Museum that date from between 1800 and 1820. The first is in the MacDuff tartan:


The second is in the Lochiel tartan (later Munro):


Both are four yard box pleated kilts, pleated to no pattern. (Military kilts of this era were also four yard, box pleated, but pleated to the stripe).

Pair a box pleated kilt like this with some of the accessories Woodsheal mentioned and you'll be good to go!

M

[BoldHighlander]

Actually, if you look closely you'll see that the kilt in both cases is sitting just above the knee, which is still the most common length today. It is the hose in these portraits that are lower than we typically wear them. These hose seem to end at the widest part of the calf, or just above. We tend to pull our hose all the way up to the bottom of the knee.

M

Indeed Matt, your correct.
I guess what I meant is (a) how some of the early kilts were noted as being higher on the thigh than they are now, & (b) how they've "grown" to where some today wear them at nearly bottom of the knee (or lower )
I should've been clearer...sorry.