Tartans and Highland Dress: a Guide to Scottish Traditional Dress (Collins Scottish Collection)

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular Collins book 'Tartans & Highland Dress' published in 1961. This is a detailed guide to how to correctly wear the Scottish national dress along with profiles of the main tartans. There are few ancient forms of dress so widely used and worn today as the dress of the Scottish Highlander. Details of what is correct and what is not is given along with the most interesting history relating to the national dress. Want to find out what brogues to wear when, what exactly is a sporran, what are plaids and when to wear a dirk belt. Full explanation is given for the following occasions Full formal Highland Dress Morning dress Day dress Hunting dress Informal evening dress Formal evening dressalong with a chapter on highland dress for ladies. This short guide from 1960s is perfect for making sure you are correctly dressed for any occasion and is as relevant today as it was over 50 years ago.

"Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock". Ben Hecht

Every day we are bombarded with far more information than we can possibly hope to absorb. We don't have the time, energy or patience to process it all and understand the root causes behind issues and their development. There might be areas of politics, business and international affairs which we know well, perhaps because our working lives directly involve them, but there is always so much besides which seems impenetrable, forbidding and rather scary as a result. Newspapers require a familiarity with acronyms and jargon in order to be comprehensible, not to mention considerable background knowledge.

What on Earth is Going On? fills in some of this background in a clear but unpatronising style, taking the form of an alphabetical glossary which can be dipped into at convenient times. It is designed to be a gentle and amusing survival guide for people of all ages who wish they knew slightly more about what on earth is going on. This is a book for the bedside table, the morning commute or the downstairs loo, where it can be consulted by the confused dinner party guest who has taken refuge from the conversation going on next door. We hope that they will rejoin the table having flushed away some of their ignorance and feeling all the better for it.

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular Collins book Tartans & Highland Dress published in 1961. This is a detailed guide to how to correctly wear the Scottish national dress along with profiles of the main tartans. There are few ancient forms of dress so widely used and worn today as the dress of the Scottish Highlander. Details of what is correct and what is not is given along with the most interesting history relating to the national dress. Want to find out what brogues to wear when, what exactly is a sporran, what are plaids and when to wear a dirk belt. Full explanation is given for the following occasions Full formal Highland Dress Morning dress Day dress Hunting dress Informal evening dress Formal evening dress along with a chapter on highland dress for ladies. This short guide from 1960s is perfect for making sure you are correctly dressed for any occasion and is as relevant today as it was over 50 years ago.