Can they not make these in adult sizes ‘cause I totally wanna rock a spaceship dress!

The moment a Christian is refused service, goods, housing, a loan or employment is the day Indiana gives this law the scrutiny it deserves. Troll them, Wiccans. Troll them hard.

Oh I know, it's another can of worms - and one that everybody loves, actually. Even though I know it's made up, there's still a part of me that would like to believe it was real.

You can always split the difference and wear Black Stewart. That's what I had my kilted skirt made in - and I do rock it, if I say so myself.

This is a super article and I'm going to read it but I HAD to rush in and post:

Some tartans are more modern. The one my family currently uses is I think 19th century, but there's a variety of much older tartans that they also use/have used. So maybe that's the source of the error?

As a lass wi' guid Scots blood running in my veins (as my grandfather used to say, we're MAC Donalds) I heartily approve of this post.

We're Royal Stewart and I love Black Watch. First world problem.

This is a beautiful and interesting article- great topic! BUT: when you say tartan I see Ewan and I can't resist posting a picture of Ewan in a kilt, so voici:

I married into a family with English/Scottish ancestry, so we all bought matching kilts. My hostess kilt (long pleated skirt) is f'ing FIERCE.

Breadstix R Us

OOOOH, I have a story for THIS group.

"The museum moved to Little Italy from Midtown Manhattan in 2008, buying the three buildings for $9 million in order to expand. The recession halted those plans, Mr. Carella said, and the goal now is to find a developer to buy the buildings while allowing the museum to remain rent-free."

I reenact as a soldier, myself, but if a Richmond Bread Riots reenactment was a thing, for that I could be persuaded to put on a work dress or a hoop skirt and break into a store or three. Down with Jeff Davis, I say!

And the gun fiends are usually the worst.

Yeah I missed the "Old South Day" part of it. Don't do that, guys. There's no way to do it without it coming off as, "remember when we owned people, wasn't that great?" I can't really think of anything good enough about that era to celebrate while ignoring all the really terrible things that happened, but let's be…

I second this recommendation. Confederates In the Attic was what got me into reenacting, in a roundabout way, and it addresses a lot of these issues. It isn't perfect, but it's a fascinating read- the author is a Northerner who has no particular investment in the South or reenacting.

I don't have a problem with hoop skirts, per se. I get the side-eye, but their history and fashion is a hell of a lot bigger than the antebellum South. I think it's myopic to focus on non-affiliated dress (Yanks and Europeans were wearing them as well).

I went to a (non-Southern) prom where the tradition was hoop skirts with (for the time) modern gowns over them. I loved those dresses a ton—even though they *weighed* a ton, and I echo the thought that hoops were a fashion other places than the South in the late 1800s.