what is Englands national dress?

[barneysdad]

The Scottish have kilts,what is the national dress of England?

[flip-flop]

From what I can tell it appears to be Reebok Classic trainers, tracksuit bottoms, tracksuit top, baseball cap, Elizabeth Duke 'Gold' jewellery, staffordshire bull terriers, bruises, a sneer, a giro and a total lack of respect for decent people.

[Octavius]

England does not have a national dress in the same way as Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Similarly, the women of Scotland and Ireland don't have a unique national dress.

National identity by dress code could possibly be the stereotypical suit and bowler hat, or dressing as a beefeater or a pearly king/queen! Formerly dressing in a suit (top hat and tails) was the reserve of the middle class whilst peasants and the like had shawls or an embroidered smock.

So what flip-flop has said has an element of truth, but that is more a class/social strata destinction within a culture than a national identity. Today you could not distinguish any particular nationality of someone dressed in that get up, or in a suit.

[jake-the-peg]

Rolled up Daily Mail, pitchfork and flaming brand?

[brionon]

Go to any country in Europe and you'll find national dress and celebrations of nationality. We English,supposedly tradition lovers, have the 'Changing of the Guard' and our ersatz Royals, pity innit ?

[Octavius]

Not necessarily, we associate national identity with stereo typical imagery (often nostalgic or patriotic such as the klt and Tam O'Shanter). For example, the national dress of France for men � is it the striped blue jumper, beret and garland of onions? Lederhosen wearer? Are they German, Austrian, Bavarian, South Tyrollian or French?? Was Tommy Cooper Turkish?

[simsfreq]

According to Roald Dahl, the umbrella.

[Scyld]

Scottish kilt invented by an Englishman Thomas Rawlinson in the 18th century and Welsh national Witchy hat dress invented by English woman Austa Hall in the 19th century.
NOW WE ENGLISH have come up with a more historically correct National dress....
http://www.englandandenglishhistory.com/offici al_traditional_english_national_dress/introduc tion/default.aspx