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    Here are a few. What most of these have in common is a lack of contrast. I've also included a few that aren't pleated to the "no stripe", but the vertical stripe is so subtle that the horizontal element is the most prominent. The only way to really determine whether it will work for a given tartan is to do a test pinning and stand back about 15 or 20 feet and see how it looks.

    Ancient Douglas:



    Isle of Skye:



    Scottish Odyssey (this is a box pleated kilt with a stripe down the center of each pleat, but the stripe blends so much with the undercheck that it might as well be to the "no stripe":


    Weathered Stewart Old Sett (this is another one that actually has a central stripe down each pleat, but it's small enough that, from any distance, the kilt looks pleated to the "no stripe"):





    Antarctica (same thing here - not actually to the "no stripe", but the horizontal certainly dominates; and although this one has a lot of contrast, it still works, at least in my opinion):

    Last edited by Barb T; 14th April 09 at 06:47 AM.
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