Modern Adaptation

• According to "The Authentic History of the Kilt," an article by Lady Nancy MacCorkill on Scottish-History.com, Scottish men in the late 1500s wore over their shoulders long shawls that hung to their knees. Over time, they began wearing larger and larger shawls, until they had so much fabric that they had to belt it to their bodies. As fashions changed, men stopped wearing the top half of this garment, leaving the Scots with the pleated kilt we see today.

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