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Kilt
The kilt is a knee- length garment with pleats at the rear , originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing in recent years , returning to its roots as an everyday garment.
Typically, a portion of the belted plaid hangs down to about the knees with the rest of the material being wrapped up around one's upper body in a variety of ways and pinned or otherwise secured to keep it in place .
The first clear reference to the kilt occurs in the year 1594.In that year, a group of Highlanders from the Western Isles went to Ireland to fight under Red Hugh O`Donnell.
It was made from wool or a wool/ linen combination and twill woven in a pattern of colored stripes which today has become known as tartan, though originally the word tartan referred to the type of cloth (like linen, or cotton ) and not the pattern of colors as the word almost exclusively signifies today.
At nearly every Highland Games gathering today, there are vendors who sell tartan items , whether kilts, blankets, scarves, ties, or tartan fabric.
Sources : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belted_plaid
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