Scottish kilt

The modern Scottish kilt worn with formal evening wear


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The Scottish kilt is a tailored garments that owning unique design. It’s wrapped around wearer’s waist and fastened by straps and buckles. Besides, the kilt is knee-length. There are overlapping layers in front which called "aprons", and a kilt pin often places in front it for fixing. It depends on the wearers whether they want to put on their underwear or not. By military regulations, sometimes underwear is not allowed to wear under the kilt because traditionally, there is a saying goes- "true Scotsman" should wear nothing under his kilt.” What's more, competitors should wear kilts in Highland dancing and bagpipingthe competitions due to the rules.


Highland soldier in great kilt (1744)


A Black Watch or Campbell tartan kilt


Vocabulary
˙silt- a long narrow cut or opening
˙pleat- a permanent fold in a piece of fabric, made by sewing the top or side of the fold
˙bagpipe- a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone