Mardi Gras Tartan?

[davedove]

First of all, Happy Mardi Gras! I was wondering if there is tartan around with the primary Mardi Gras colors of purple, yellow, and green. If there is, that would be a great kilt to wear for Fat Tuesday.

You would just have to careful if you wore it to New Orleans. You just know there would be many unwanted kilt checks in that environment.

[cajunscot]

First of all, Happy Mardi Gras! I was wondering if there is tartan around with the primary Mardi Gras colors of purple, yellow, and green. If there is, that would be a great kilt to wear for Fat Tuesday.

You would just have to careful if you wore it to New Orleans. You just know there would be many unwanted kilt checks in that environment.

Not necessarily in Mardi Gras colours, but one could always wear the Louisiana State Tartan:

http://www.district-tartans.com/louisiana.jpg

My wife and mother-in-law both wear this tartan, of course!

I'm off to a Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday party this evening at my MIL's parish -- she is cooking Cajun, and there will even be King Cakes! And, I will be in my kilt, as I am giving a guest lecture this evening in the Lewis & Clark class at one of the universities in town -- I will be talking about the Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie, who beat L & C by 13 years to the Pacific!

Laissez Les Bon Temp Rouler!

Todd (the Cajun Scot!)

[davedove]

Here's a quick try at a Mardi Gras tartan:



Nothing serious, just playing with a simple tartan generator.

[Jerry]

Here's a quick try at a Mardi Gras tartan:



Nothing serious, just playing with a simple tartan generator.

Ouch, My eyes hurt and that is giving me a headache. i'm glad my old monitor is on its last legs and the colors are a little washed out.

[davedove]

Ouch, My eyes hiut and that is giving me a headache. i'm glad my old monitor is on its last legs and the colors are a little washed out.

Good, that's just the effect I was going for, something bright and loud!

I'm sure if it was ever put into cloth, it wouldn't be as bright as these computer generated colors.

[Riverkilt]

Kilt checks???

More than likely shouts of "Show us your bagpipes!!"

And, I would for beads
Ron

[Tartan Hiker]

Todd,
You just answered a question I've had for quite some time. As a former resident of the Pelican state, grad of LSU, and married to a gal from New Orleans, I thought that there must be a tartan related to LA but had never found one. Why didn't I just ask Matt?

Looks like there will be a new kilt at the top of the wish list!

By the way, I started celebrating this morning with a big plate of Boudin and scrambled eggs. Lunch will be chicken and sausage gumbo, and Dinner will be fried catfish po-boys! If only I had a six-pack Dixie longnecks!

Bill in NC, but still missing the south Louisiana lifestyle.

[GMan]

Well the one I am wearing is the Hunting Stewart. It is green and a little bit of yellow, my shirt has a purple tint to it.

[auld argonian]

Well, I was going to suggest that Nova Scotia might be appropriate because that's where the cajuns/acadians started out but it seems like the British were the ones who forced them out so it might certainly be a beaucoup faux pas to call any attention to that unfortunate event.

...however...think about this...if all those girls get beads by lifting their shirts, what is a kilted person going to do to get some beads...?

Best

AA

[Jerry]

Well, I was going to suggest that Nova Scotia might be appropriate because that's where the cajuns/acadians started out but it seems like the British were the ones who forced them out so it might certainly be a beaucoup faux pas to call any attention to that unfortunate event.

...however...think about this...if all those girls get beads by lifting their shirts, what is a kilted person going to do to get some beads...?

Best

AA

Just wearing the kilt ought to be worth some beads, that is if the ladies are giving them out.