Sporran
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The sporran, a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the kilt. Made of leather or fur, the ornamentation of the sporran is chosen to complement th
A horsehair sporran
A man wearing tartan, including a large sporran (Russell) NLW3363120
![Soldier (likely London Scottish reserve regiment) wearing a two-tassel sporran and a grey kilt [1921]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Unidentified_British_soldier%E2%80%A6_%2810306058923%29.jpg/500px-Unidentified_British_soldier%E2%80%A6_%2810306058923%29.jpg)
Soldier (likely London Scottish reserve regiment) wearing a two-tassel sporran and a grey kilt [1921]
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental full-dress sporran
Kilt
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A kilt is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill-woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern. Originating in the Scottish
Sporran
…The sporran (; Scottish Gaelic for 'purse'), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the kilt. Made of leather or fur, the ornamentation of the sporran is chosen to complement the formality of dress worn with it. The sporran is worn on a leather…
One of the earliest depictions of the kilt is this German print showing Highlanders around 1630.
General William Gordon, shown wearing a kilt—part of the uniform of the short-lived 105th Regiment of Foot—in the Portrait of William Gordon by Pompeo Batoni (1765–66)
The modern Scottish kilt worn with formal evening wear (2009) and a highly decorative sporran hanging from the waist
Oliver tartan kilt (2006)