Kilt
The Scottish pleated skirt in tartan which, after a ban, became a symbol of Scotland.
The kilt grew out of the great belted plaid and was banned after the Jacobite rising of 1746. When the ban was lifted in 1782 it was romanticised, especially after George IV’s visit to Edinburgh in 1822. Examples are in the National Museum of Scotland.
Materials: Wool in tartan (checked twill)
Manufacture: About seven metres of cloth are pleated at the back and stitched, so the check shows in the pleats.
The pleats at the back where the checks line up, and the flat apron at the front.
The tartan checks – the pattern later tied to the clans.