How to wear highland wear

If you’ve decided to wear highland wear aka Scottish dress check out the following guide to ensure you get it right.

First of all the good news is that an increasing number of retailers now cater for highland wear including Moss Bros. Due to its cost we recommend hiring the various elements as it can be quite a costly outfit to purchase.

Highland wear is made up of the following items:

1) The highland jacket

You have the choice of two styles of jackets:

Prince Charlie jacket
This jacket has normal lapels. The jacket tends to taper away slightly from the bottom of the lapels and juts back to just above the hips. This style of jacket is worn open.

Argyll jacket
The Argyll is less formal jacket than the Prince Charlie. It includes silver square buttons and normal lapels and is normally worn unfastened.

2) Ghillie shirts

A ghillie shirt is one that features an open collar and no buttons (however a drawstring collar is present which feeds through eyelets on either side of the shirt).

3) Kilts

A kilt is essentially a large piece of tartan coloured material. If you are from an ancestral clan then it’s tradition to wear the tartan pattern from that clan. If you have no allegiance then you can choose a number of varieties such as Scottish National,Modern Douglas or Royal Stewart).

4) Accessories

There are a number of accessories to finish the highland outfit including neckwear,hose,brogues,kilt pins,sporran (a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt) and flasks.