Traditional Highland Dress For Women

Scottish tartan lambswool stoles.

Traditional highland dress for women. The great kilt appears to have been the characteristic dress of the highlander from the late sixteenth century onwards and had probably been worn for quite some time before that over the saffron tunic the main article of clothing worn by the irish. A tartan sash is worn diagonally. We are pleased to offer these ladies highland dress and clothing products for purchase.

Traditionally highland ladies wore fashionable clothes where they could afford them and added a light plaid or shawl of tartan material and this custom is not out of place today. Traditional highland dress female from wikipedia. Capes serapes and shawls.

Generally ladies highland wear consisted of a kilted skirt and a tartan sash or shawl. Ancient highland dress the belted plaid the feileadh mhor pr. Plain superfine wool or barathea black charcoal or tweed argyll crail and braemar style kilt jacket belt and buckle or five or six button waistcoat in matching grey putty complementary or tartan material in matching.

Scottish highland wear for women. Highland women wore something very similar to the men s plaid called the earasaid the english form of which is arisaid. Buy womens highland dress clothing online today.

For a wide range of women s scottish highland dress including kilted skirts and silk tartan skirts visit kinloch anderson foremost experts in highland dress since 1868. Ladies highland wear is not as extensive as gentlemen s. For more information on earasaids see our earasaid history page.

Female highland dress includes women s shoes also called ghillies that are tied in the same way but have thin soles for indoor wear and dancing. We are leaders in scottish tartans kilts and all aspects of highland dress both as manufacturers and retailers. Kilt white shirt with turndown collar french cuffs and cufflinks.