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The popularity of kilt outfits as the types of outfits worn varied over time. Kilts as a boys' outfit was first introduced by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (1840s). The Quen was obsessed from an eraly age by all things Scottish. Of course there were also political reasons for the royal family to do this. We are not sure how rapidly this fashion caught on beyond the Royal family. We have very few English Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes. Presunably the subject was addressed in fashion magazines, but we have not yet found any such examples. We do notice English boys wearing Hihjland kilts in the 1860s as a result of the huge incrase in avaialble images with the appearance of the CDV at tghat time. A good example is Brighton boy W.D. Ewart in 1865. We are not sure how common this was in the 1860s, but by the end of the century we see quite a few examples. The boy on theprevious page here appears to be wearung a vekvet cut-way jacket wih a kilt, probanly a party outfit in the 1890s (figure 1). We notice know quite a few younger boys wearin Highland kilts in the ohotographic record. They made for fancy dress portaits which no doubt many ptroud mothers enjoyedliked. And they were also popular with mostly well-to-do mothers for a boy's parfty outfits. We think this ws most common durting the late-19th and early 20th century. We have found quite a few portraits during this period. And the boy here fits nice in that time frame.
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