Scottish dress

Godly giants in kilts: Meet Greece's best-known soldiers

It might be the short, pleated kilts, tasseled black garters and pompom-tipped shoes, but there's something more endearing than intimidating about Greece's best-known military unit, the Presidential Guard.

Which helps explain why they are one of Athens's most popular tourist attractions, vying for camera clicks with the millennia-old ruins of Greece's Golden Age.

A brief history of the Scottish tartan

Tartan has been associated with Scotland for centuries, but if we go further back in history to the 8th century BC, the tartan can be traced in Hallstatt salt mines near Salzburg, Austria and later in Xinjiang, China.

It got first to the British Isles before it was finally discovered in Scotland during the 3rd century.

‘Bare essentials’ bridesmaids new thing at weddings (hot pics)

There are different kinds of sexy and kinky traditions at bridal parties. Some of us might be familiar, for example, with the ‘commando’ kilt wearers at some Scottish traditional weddings. A new sexy craze catching on is the ‘bridesmaids booty flashing! Enjoy some of the naughty girls taking part!