My dissertation on Isabella MacTavish’s wedding dress and traditional female Highland dress has been awarded a distinction! If you would … More
Author: J Watson
Postgrad student at University of the Highlands and Islands, reenactor, knitter, dressmaker, wife, mum.
The Fort Augustus replica dress
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Isabella’s dress has captivated dressmakers over time … More
Dressing up, 18th century style
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. It probably won’t come as a surprise to … More
18th century Highland male headwear
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. I have recently started making historically-accurate Jacobite bonnets … More
Knitted hose for Highlander
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. A while back at Steve and Mary’s Culloden … More
What would Murtagh wear? A look at male dress in the British American colonies, 1760s-1770s
This is a post especially for Outlander fans who may be interested in the costumes worn on the show. It … More
Liminal times in liminal places
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Figure 1: Bracklinn Falls near Callander (the actual … More
The Frasers of Balloan
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. I have been wondering for the best part … More
