National costumes are made for male and female dancers, from the finest materials available. Each costume is made to measure, ensuring a perfect fit for you or your dancer.
Aboynes
Aboyne outfits include a skirt, plaid, vest, blouse and underslip. Per SOBHD dress code, the skirt and plaid can be made from a registered wool tartan, either regular or dress variants, or from a fashion fabric that looks like a tartan.
The aboyne is meant to be a more feminine costume and is a great opportunity for dancers to select bright, fun tartans that they may not want to use for the more traditional kilt outfit.
Dancers through age 12 or 13 are best suited for a 3 yard skirt, while teens and adults are best benefited by a full 4 yard skirt to ensure there is enough volume for the skirt to be held out to the sides.
The aboyne skirt should be gathered onto a waistband, not pleated, and not a circle skirt.
The aboyne is meant to be a more feminine costume and is a great opportunity for dancers to select bright, fun tartans that they may not want to use for the more traditional kilt outfit.
Dancers through age 12 or 13 are best suited for a 3 yard skirt, while teens and adults are best benefited by a full 4 yard skirt to ensure there is enough volume for the skirt to be held out to the sides.
The aboyne skirt should be gathered onto a waistband, not pleated, and not a circle skirt.
White Dresses
For the national dresses, a white dress, with underslip and plaid can be worn. This style of garment is a great option for dancers just starting competition or who may be growing rapidly. The white dress is also a very cost effective option, and the white dress can be used as an undergarment for a full aboyne or jig skirt.
As with the full aboyne, the plaid can be made from a registered wool tartan, either regular or dress variant, or from a fashion fabric that looks like a tartan.
As with the full aboyne, the plaid can be made from a registered wool tartan, either regular or dress variant, or from a fashion fabric that looks like a tartan.
Trews
The gentlemen aren't left out of the options for national dress. It is fully acceptable for male dancers to compete the national dances in their kilt outfit, but they do have the option to wear tartan trews instead of their kilt.
Made out of wool tartan, trews are a high-waisted pant, hitting at the ankle bone, cut with room to move.
Tartan trews may also be worn while dancing the Sean Truibhas.
Made out of wool tartan, trews are a high-waisted pant, hitting at the ankle bone, cut with room to move.
Tartan trews may also be worn while dancing the Sean Truibhas.