THE HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COSTUMEALBERT RACINETTHE CLASSIC WORK OF THE 19TH CENTURYp252-253 TRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF THE 1880sSCOTLANDTARTAN AND THE CLANSLower Register 2.14 A laird of the Skenes clan, dressed in the style of the time of James VI of Scotland (later James I of England). His doublet is decorated with braid in the Spanish manner - a fashion that persisted in the Highlands long after it had died out elsewhere. Back to Scotland: Tartan And The Clans by Racinet |