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We see a range of fabrics being chosen for kilt suits. Plaid was just one such fabric. We see many plaid suits, but plaod was not as not as common as we had assumed it would be. In fact we see many kilt suits during the 70s that had no pattern at all. A see both bold and muted plaids. This of course was because of the connction between kilts and plaid. Our inintial assessment is that muted muted plaid material becgan to become popular for kilt suits as the decade progressed. We cannot yet substantiate this as so few portaits wer have found are dated. The outfits were not always done in plaids, but it is the pattern we see most commonly. Not all kilt suits were done with plaid fabric as we can plainly see on the previous page. Plaid was the most common pattern, but hardly universal. Often the only kilt element in the skirts worn with kilt suits was the plaid fabric. And unlike the Highland kilt which only used plaid for the kilt, kilt suits plaid might be used for both the jacket and kilt skirt. And we see some very bright plaids (figure 1).
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