For many years, since the 1840s, when Highland regiments paraded for drill the rank and file wore waist-length white jackets with their kilts and sporrans. Officers wore a scarlet shell jacket with blue facings and white piping. Rank was shown on gold shoulder cords. The jacket also served as a mess jacket, worn open with a blue waistcoat. The lapels were buff and the collar was turned down to show as blue on the inside as well as out. This illustration by Richard Simkin depicts the officer, kilted with his broadsword slung from his white dress shoulder belt. He has an undress sporran and white spats. The glengarry cap was blue with black silk along the lower edge, and a regimental badge on the left side.
