- Out then spak her father dear,
And he spak meek and mild,
"And ever alas, sweet Janet," he says,
"I think thou gaest wi child." - "If that I gae wi child, father,
Mysel maun bear the blame,
There's neer a laird about your ha,
Shall get the bairn's name. - "If my love were an earthly knight,
As he's an elfin grey,
I wad na gie my ain true-love
For nae lord that ye hae. - "The steed that my true love rides on
Is lighter than the wind,
Wi siller he is shod before,
Wi burning gowd behind." - Janet has kilted her green kirtle
A little aboon her knee,
And she has broded her yellow hair
A little aboon her bree,
And she's awa to Carterhaugh
As fast as she can hie.
3 & 4: Keira Knightley in Vogue Italia January 2011
5: Derek Hudson
6 & 7: Kate Moss via I Love Wildfox
8: Electric Scotland
9: Murdo MacLeod
10: Harry Lauder
11: St Kilda climber
12: St Kilda Main Street
13: The Ballad of Tam Lin
I know that in fashion time I should be posting pictures of spring dresses and straw boaters but screw fashion time. I live in Scotland and I'll have to dress like this until we get our two weeks of summer in July.
6 comments:
I absolutely love this post, and all the historical references throughout your blog. I live in Scotland too, and am secretly quite pleased by the all but year-round necessity for coats and black opaques. I find that they compliment spring/summer clothes rather nicely.
Love love love this post, especially the pictures of Kate. I'm having a wardrobe crisis at the moment and have been buying nothing but wool garments this season. I was thinking over the weather today and I stupidly asked my housemate yesterday 'Do you think its still glove weather?' If I dressed anything like this, I'd be happy for the cold snap to continue (minus the bloody snow!)
I couldn't agree more about not wanting to see a dirth of floral dresses and strappy sandles when I'm still shuddering in torrential freezing rain and minus degrees! Spring is a (depressingly) long way off so why can't we celebrate being snuggly, warm and hiding our pale skin for a bit longer!
This is such a gorgeous post, all the images are lovely x
Ps this is Bee likeaskeletonkey.com, but you dont have a name/URL option on the comments so having to use my prehistoric google account :]
I'm glad you all feel the same! I hate how the focus shifts to spring so quickly after Christmas is over when we have months of cold weather ahead of us. I think the internet makes fashion move too fast - I feel 'over' one season before it's even started.
Have you ever read "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon? AMAZING book set it Scotland. This post makes me want to read it again!
I love this! My mum moved to the Highlands about 8 years ago and I'm in love.
:)
p.s. I will still be wearing big chunky cardigans in summer. One of the perks of always being cold :)
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