Historic Highland Attire

[JSFMACLJR]

But 1585 is in the sixteenth century.

How true! What I meant to say was...

[turpin]

How true! What I meant to say was...

I believe Matt's article states that the first recorded instance of the great kilt was around 1594. Assuming the recording of history lags behind the actual practices being recorded, I'd be inclined accept a 10-year window.

[Woodsheal]

I believe Matt's article states that the first recorded instance of the great kilt was around 1594. Assuming the recording of history lags behind the actual practices being recorded, I'd be inclined accept a 10-year window.

At least! Given the non-literate, oral-tradition status of the Scottish highlands of the time (all descriptions are from "foreign" travellers and such), I'd suspect that belted plaids were worn for decades before they appear in a period document....