Wearing a clans tartan

[Donnie]

If the only waty to be able to wear a tartan was by permission or right, there would be far fewer tartans to choose from. It would be too expensive to purchase! The mills wouldn't make the material in as large a quantity, if at all. I like to have a connection with a tartan as a conversational tool.( ) Wear what you want!

[Donnie]

If the only waty to be able to wear a tartan was by permission or right, there would be far fewer tartans to choose from. It would be too expensive to purchase! The mills wouldn't make the material in as large a quantity, if at all. I like to have a connection with a tartan as a conversational tool.( ) Wear what you want!

[Donnie]

If the only waty to be able to wear a tartan was by permission or right, there would be far fewer tartans to choose from. It would be too expensive to purchase! The mills wouldn't make the material in as large a quantity, if at all. I like to have a connection with a tartan as a conversational tool.( ) Wear what you want!

[macwilkin]

I've posted this web site before, but it seems germane to post it again on this thread:

http://www.albanach.org/

Matt is the curator of the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin, North Carolina.

Check out the article entitled "Pre-Culloden Tartans", as well as the other articles -- very good research & advice.

A point of clarification: the Chief didn't necessarily determine the tartans in "ye olde days"; more likely, it was the women of the village, clan, etc. that did, because they were the ones producing it. You'll see quite a few paintings of Chiefs wearing tartan that looks nothing like the "clan tartan" for that clan today.

Case in point: in 1815, the Chief of the MacDonalds, Lord MacDonald, received a request from the Highland Society of London asking for his "clan tartan:. LMcD wrote back with the reply:

Being really ignorant of what is exactly The MacDonald Tartan, I request that you will have the goodness to exert every Means in your power to obtain a perfectly genuine pattern, such as will warrant me in authenticating it with my arms.

From: "Tartans" by Blair Urquhart

Cheers,

T.

[macwilkin]

I've posted this web site before, but it seems germane to post it again on this thread:

http://www.albanach.org/

Matt is the curator of the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin, North Carolina.

Check out the article entitled "Pre-Culloden Tartans", as well as the other articles -- very good research & advice.

A point of clarification: the Chief didn't necessarily determine the tartans in "ye olde days"; more likely, it was the women of the village, clan, etc. that did, because they were the ones producing it. You'll see quite a few paintings of Chiefs wearing tartan that looks nothing like the "clan tartan" for that clan today.

Case in point: in 1815, the Chief of the MacDonalds, Lord MacDonald, received a request from the Highland Society of London asking for his "clan tartan:. LMcD wrote back with the reply:

Being really ignorant of what is exactly The MacDonald Tartan, I request that you will have the goodness to exert every Means in your power to obtain a perfectly genuine pattern, such as will warrant me in authenticating it with my arms.

From: "Tartans" by Blair Urquhart

Cheers,

T.

[macwilkin]

I've posted this web site before, but it seems germane to post it again on this thread:

http://www.albanach.org/

Matt is the curator of the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin, North Carolina.

Check out the article entitled "Pre-Culloden Tartans", as well as the other articles -- very good research & advice.

A point of clarification: the Chief didn't necessarily determine the tartans in "ye olde days"; more likely, it was the women of the village, clan, etc. that did, because they were the ones producing it. You'll see quite a few paintings of Chiefs wearing tartan that looks nothing like the "clan tartan" for that clan today.

Case in point: in 1815, the Chief of the MacDonalds, Lord MacDonald, received a request from the Highland Society of London asking for his "clan tartan:. LMcD wrote back with the reply:

Being really ignorant of what is exactly The MacDonald Tartan, I request that you will have the goodness to exert every Means in your power to obtain a perfectly genuine pattern, such as will warrant me in authenticating it with my arms.

From: "Tartans" by Blair Urquhart

Cheers,

T.

[Miah]

Just my thoughts but, I feel a person can wear any tartan they like. With that said personaly i like to know a little about the tartan I am wearing. I do this mostly so i can speak about it when i get questions about clans and so on.

[Miah]

Just my thoughts but, I feel a person can wear any tartan they like. With that said personaly i like to know a little about the tartan I am wearing. I do this mostly so i can speak about it when i get questions about clans and so on.

[Miah]

Just my thoughts but, I feel a person can wear any tartan they like. With that said personaly i like to know a little about the tartan I am wearing. I do this mostly so i can speak about it when i get questions about clans and so on.

[macwilkin]

Just my thoughts but, I feel a person can wear any tartan they like. With that said personaly i like to know a little about the tartan I am wearing. I do this mostly so i can speak about it when i get questions about clans and so on.

I agree. Since, as Thompson has stated, there is no such thing as a "right" to wear a tartan, then as long as the tartan is not "restricted", such as the Balmoral or certain clan/family tartans (the material has to be purchased from the Chief and/or society with appropriate documentation), it is open for wear -- but, as you have stated, if you are going to wear the tartan, you should be prepared to explain why you chose it and know your tartan, as Jimmy has advised on many occasion.

Personally, the least connection, no matter how small it is, is better than none at all.

Cheers,

T.