Confirming Poll for NYS Tartan Proposal

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I totally agree with "Kilted Abuser of R.C." I feel that a good tartan design has to have meaning behind the sett and colour choices, especially when it is for a certain locale.

I am the designer of the # 3 choice on this poll, and I would like to take this opportunity to explain why it represents New York to me. The green, pineneedle and blue represent the beautiful farmland, forests, ocean and lakes of New York. Next, the yellow and red and green are like the fall colours of the sugar maples, the state tree. Also, blue and gold are the state colours. The darker red square represents the heart of the city, and the sett becomes a little more fine and some might say "busy" to evoke the fast pace of city life. The deep red for me represents the "heart" of New York and the state flower, the rose. The intermediate squares formed by the combination of blue and red are a nice tweedy purple that look like lilacs, the state bush.

I designed this tartan carefully with all this in mind. New York is a state of contrasts, urban and rural and I felt that this design could make an interesting kilt if the pleats were done military style with the blue/green squares forming the pleats above the fell, then opening below into pleats showing a flash of red underneath when the wearer walks.

I would like to see some comments to this explanation and I would also like to see more votes come in. All of these designs on this poll are very good, each with merit. Please let's support Brian K. in this most worthwhile endeavor.
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