Today the kilt is the national dress of Scotland and worn by many. The various plaids that one can see from time to time are the colors of the particular clan that the wearer belongs to. It is much shorter than the ones worn by the Highland armies of yore, but still evokes the pride that was carried by those who lived above the land of Scotland.
Clanspeople used plants, mosses, and berries to dye the wool. As time went on, they developed plaids for specific clans, the colors most likely based on which natural dyes were nearby. These plaids became known as tartan cloth. The belted plaid became popular for Highland men during the 17 th By , they were mostly worn for ceremonial events. In Gaelic, it was called, breacan-an-feileadh or tartan wrap. Called an arisaid , it was worn down to the ankles, and made from white tartan cloth with a wide-spaced pattern.
In the late 17 th century, the small kilt or phillabeg was first worn. This is the bottom half of the kilt, gathered into folds, belted at the waist, and falling just above the knee. A separate piece of cloth was worn over the shoulder for protection and warmth. It became illegal for the Highland regiments to wear garments resembling any form of Highland dress, including the tartan kilt.
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And why do so many men, Highlanders or not, wear it these days—either to formal events like Christmas and New Year parties, or even daily? Our story begins back to the s. A breacan was to be about 2 yards wide and 4 to 6 yards long.
Since looms were usually 28 inches wide, this means that the breacan was 2 lengths of worsted wool sewn together. The wearer wrapped and folded his breacan round his waist, securing it with a leather belt. The remaining length he draped over the shoulder and fastened with a skewer. Those who could afford them wore tight trousers called trews under the belted plaid.
This is considered traditional Highland dress for a man. The kilt was a tailored variant that appeared in the eighteenth century. Some, like Pinkerton, even say that it was invented by…an Englishman. Pinkerton explains the invention of the kilt as a coincidental event during the occupation of Scotland by General Wade in the early s.
An English army tailor called Parkinson had come up to the Highlands from London to see about clothing the troops. Caught in a storm, he took refuge at the house of a Mr.
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