When the nights became cold, this garment was easily removed and spread out to create a blanket to keep the person who owned it warm. Lastly, if the army needed to move with a much quicker force, the garment could be easily removed, thus allowing the soldier more freedom of movement.
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. 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. Rawlinson was a Quaker who managed a smelting ore works not far from Inverness that employed Highlanders.
He apparently complained to his visitor that the Highlanders often worked naked because their plaids were bulky. As the story goes, the tailor pulled out a pair of shears and cut a plaid in two. He sewed fixed folds into the bottom portion, leaving the top portion to be draped around the shoulders.
In order to encourage the workers to wear this new invention, Rawlinson started to wear it himself. Eventually his workers tried it. But they did not like it. Then, in , Highlanders tried to return a Stuart king to the British throne. This so-called Jacobite Rebellion failed. One of the punishments was the law outlawing the wearing of Highland clothes except for soldiers in uniform.
In the Diskilting Act was repealed, but by then kilts and breacan were out of fashion. Privacy Policy Contact Us You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the provided link on any marketing message. Then something rather funny happened. The House of Edgar is synonymous with quality kilt-making the world over and we were surprised to learn that they produce at least 80 kilts per week.
To learn more about all things kilt related, we visited the Macnaughton , a once small family business that started more than years ago on the banks of Loch Tay located in the central Highlands of Scotland that is now a holding company for various fabric producers, including The House of Edgar. They not only supply the global highland-wear market, but they also kit-out numerous pipe bands and corporate entities.
In short, The House of Edgar is synonymous with quality kilt making the world over and we were surprised to learn that they produce at least 80 kilts per week. If you ever wondered how Scotland became the only country to buckle into a kilt we did some research for you:.
We met with Bill Wheelan from the Macnaughton team and asked some basic questions to help guide you in the right direction for when the time comes for you to add a kilt to your closet:. In August , following the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in the rebellion, the British Government banned the wearing of kilts.
This was an attempt to suppress highland identity and came hand-in-hand with the banning of bagpipes which were seen as an instrument of war. During this ban, the only people who were legally permitted to wear kilts were military pipers — and they could only wear a kilt in their military tartan.
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