
There are funerary records of people having to be buried in their clothes because it, being their only suit of clothes, it wasn't even worth trying to resell as it was so tattered and worn”. She would have had several shifts so that they could be washed, but depending on your status – and Claire has nothing in this world but what Colum MacKenzie gives her until she marries Jamie – you might only own one gown. The costume designer Terry Dresbach stated in her blog that she “settled on 4 skirts and five bodices, that Claire wears regularly” in Season 1.Īnd that's outside of her other special occasion dresses, like her wedding gown.įrom a historical point of view, Brenna Barks says, “People didn't own that many clothes back then, so Claire's changing as frequently as she does is inaccurate. Another expert is Sandie Russo from “Knitzy Blonde”, who has created some of the Outlander knitted garments. A dress historian and material culturist Brenna Barks also helped to create this analysis. This material is based on the video from a YouTube channel “Costume CO”. Men’s Scottish clothing used in this movie

Women’s Scottish outfits used in this movie Stage costumes of Outlander series, season 1. More Scottish 18th-century clothing of Claire Fraser In this article, we will look at Claire's costumes from Season 1. But due to such a diverse assortment of Claire Fraser’s stage costumes, we can find out a lot about the clothing traditions of Scotland, local clothing crafts, and fashionable designs in the mid-1700s.

Though, historically, it isn’t accurate because most of the people in the 18th-century Scotland had only 1 or 2 sets of clothes at one time (and even during their adult life).

This character of Outlander had a pretty large number of gorgeous Scottish clothing pieces.
