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I have seen some very good suggestions posted on several newsgroups about Scottish attire that would be appropriate for Ren-Faires.  I have been attending the Southern California Faire for about ten years.  I know that makes me a newbe to most of you! My husband and I began attending in costume about seven years ago and I am quite pleased with the responses I have gotten about his costume from not only Fairegoers, but also participants in the Scottish enclave.  We do NOT work Faire, but like to be a part of it and enjoy being mistaken for real participants!  He wears a greatkilt with a shirt, but I have always worn a fairly standard peasant costume. I am now upgrading to merchant/lower nobility.  Since we are trying to do a Scottish theme and like to be fairly historically accurate, I have been attempting to research clothing for females for the appropriate time period.  What a pain!   While I have picked up a number of books over the years on history that helped, now that I am looking for clothing books, I cannot find any dealing with Scottish clothing!  I am currently going towards the Elizabethan look with a belt and airsaid.  Long cotton skirt, banded in matching velvet, small hoop skirt, standup collar chemise, tweed peasant vest, belt, and matching airsaid, walking shoes instead of slippers.  I figure that England was probably the most accurate fashion statement for Scotland, but that Scottish women would modify it a bit depending on station and practicality. Am I close?  Any suggestions?   -Thanks, Annette
 
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Scottish women would modify it a bit depending on station and practicality. It depends what you're going for..if you want to be a lowlander, go for an English look..if you want to be a highlander (the true Scots) there is a distinct difference. Do not look at the velvet clad Scot nobles and think thats what you should look like..no self respecting highlander would walk around with so much junk hanging off of him. Go for a Bog dress (Spelling?) Having a dress that had a skirt made out of the same fabric as a bodice was a step up. Wear a lena (Again spelling) the big sleeved shirt denoted as a Scottish and Irish garment and an airsaid....Don't use English dress as an example...who would want to look like them anyway...your best bet on fabric is a rich wool....e-mail me if you have more questions-maybe we could exchange numbers..i type to slow and could tell you more over the phone.                         Vicki Silvestri
 
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Middle to Upper class Scot is a very ambiguous place to start.  Depending on the political leanings of the person, you might wear either the English fashion or the French.  If you are going for a Faire look, by all means wear a Leine, but please be aware that it is an Irish garments documentable only on men.   I agree the best look would be a one-fabric overdress made out of a good wool.  If you want to use some velvet, make it the trim as opposed to the hem guard.   If you are in Southern California stop by the AlterYears store and I'll do my best to give you a hand. Liz Gerds
 
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shirt, but I have always worn a fairly standard peasant costume. I am now upgrading to merchant/lower nobility.  Since we are trying to do a Scottish theme and like to be fairly historically accurate, I have been attempting to research clothing for females for the appropriate time period.  What a pain!   While I have picked up a number of books over the years on history that helped, now that I am looking for clothing books, I cannot find any dealing with Scottish clothing!  I am currently going towards the Elizabethan look with a belt and airsaid.  Long cotton skirt, banded in matching velvet, small hoop skirt, standup collar chemise, tweed peasant vest, belt, and matching airsaid, walking shoes instead of slippers.  I figure that England was probably the most accurate fashion statement for Scotland, but that Scottish women would modify it a bit depending on station and practicality. Am I close?  Any suggestions?   -Thanks, Annette You might want to check out my web pages. There is an article there on Scottish women's clothing that gives a general introduction to the topic, and also gives references to what books exist that address the topic (mainly, Dunbar and McClintock). You can find it, and other articles on medieval Scotland, at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~his016/medieval_scotland.html The thing to keep in mind is that in the 16th century, there are two main culture in Scotland
 
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Middle to Upper class Scot is a very ambiguous place to start.  Depending on the political leanings of the person, you might wear either the English fashion or the French.  If you are going for a Faire look, by all means wear a Leine, but please be aware that it is an Irish garments documentable only on men.   Actually, the leine is documentable on Irish women as well as men. Nothing is reliably documented for pre-1600 Scottish Highland women. However, Middle class in Scotland is by definition Lowland in the 16th century (that being where the towns were), and thus would dress in a similar fashion to England or the Continent, as indicated above. Most upper class would also have been Lowland and done the same
 
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Yeah, what she said.  Also, I've been told that using English or French _style_s of court garb is accurate for Scottish nobility.  But you don't dress it up with tartan.  The logic is this.  If you choose to dress like nobility, why then soil the look with a piece of that barbaric tartan?! And, conversely, if you are a Highlander, you would faithfully dress like a Scot and not like those silly English
 
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