It's just me... wrote:
> Jette wrote:
>> tigermorph64@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>> That kilt thing simply cannot be correct.
>>> Kilts were around way before George Fox created The Religious Society
>>> of Friends.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, to be technical the modern garment we call "a kilt" isn't what
>> was worn by the Highlanders. Originally the plaid was not stitched
>> into pleats. Each time they put it on they had to lay out the several
>> yards of fabric, fold it into pleats, slide the belt into place under
>> it, then lie down and arrange the folds around themselves. There's
>> some evidence that some individuals had experimented with stitching a
>> channel in place for the belt, so that the pleats more or less stayed
>> in place when the garment was taken off, but the actual *kilt* with
>> its pleats stitched in place on a foundation of canvas and with a
>> waistband wasn't devised until the early 19th Century, by a mill owner
>> in Scotland who was tired of having his workers turn up late every
>> morning!
>
> Maybe so but I feel that is misrepresented as well. The basis for the
> garment was there way long before this development made it easier to
> put on or wear. It's rather like saying so and so invented blue jeans
> just because so and so was the first to put a zipper on them and make
> them easier to get in and out of.
>
> Ivory
yet when people say "kilt" the modern garment is what they think of.
In fact it's clear that Diana Galbadon had her character Jamie wearing
a modern kilt, by her descriptions of his dressing and undressing and
his movements. (big faux pas that she later corrected in the sequels)
--
Jette Goldie
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