Indeed, in the early days of the Boer War, fought in the sunny spaces of South Africa, the Highland regiments suffered quite a number of casualties to sunstroke, notably burnt posteriors when the kilts flapped up as the troops advanced by rushed stages, hurling themselves to the ground in between. Footwear has also developed from the basic hide, bound by thongs, or leather mocassin style footwear to buckled brogues and modern brogues. This old style is shown at the right. Many bands now simply wear plain black shoes. Full dress is usually complemented by knitted hose, in diced colours or tartan pattern.
Day wear is now more usually plain long hose.
Some of this development is shown below. Military bands wear spats and hose-tops in lieu of full hose. With the pleated kilt came general use of jackets of the Highland style. Standard day wear is shown in the drawing to the left. Other forms of dress jacket are appropriate for formal use.