Ancient and weathered tartans

[crash]

"Weathered" or "reproduction" tartans aim to imitate an aged/faded tartan. It's not the same as faded blue jeans which are actually distressed to look well worn. The tartan and therefore the kilt is still brand new or relatively so. It's not like you'd be wearing a kilt that was drug behind a horse to make it worn in. Know what I mean? The Hunting Stewart kilt that HRH Prince Charles wears so often isn't it the "weathered" or is it "ancient"?

[creagdhubh]

"Weathered" or "reproduction" tartans aim to imitate an aged/faded tartan. It's not the same as faded blue jeans which are actually distressed to look well worn. The tartan and therefore the kilt is still brand new or relatively so. It's not like you'd be wearing a kilt that was drug behind a horse to make it worn in. Know what I mean? The Hunting Stewart kilt that HRH Prince Charles wears so often isn't it the "weathered" or is it "ancient"?

I do believe the Duke of Rothesay's Stewart kilt in the hunting tartan is indeed the ancient colour scheme (woven from what mill, I do not know), as it is considerably lighter in overall hue than the same tartan in the modern colours. Of course, all that "modern" and "ancient" really means as it pertains to tartan and its colour scheme is "dark" and "light."

[Sir Didymous]

I'm already buying a kenmore doublet since I'm not overly fond of the PC jackets and waist coats. I'm trying to decide if green velvet would be the way to go, since after all green is the favorite color of my wife and I. I also think green will complement the Ferguson tartan in nearly all of it's variants (except possibly the astronomer), as well as the Clergy which is the other tartan I have been considering. I was just thinking that the weathered tartan may be a different choice that one doesn't usually see. I have found 13 differnt tartans associated with the Clan Ferguson, but I just can't seem to make up my mind. Here's a link to a site that has all of the ones I have found. The results are at the bottom of page one and the top of page two. http://www.heritageofscotland.com/az...r.php?offset=0 All are welcome to chime in with their thoughts. I know in the end it's my choice, but I like hearing other's opinions before dropping the money to get a good kilt.

[unixken]

I posted this photo last year, at a gathering of Buchanan folk at a local restaurant, following a day at the Livonia, Michigan Highland Games. Note that the photo shows Modern, Weathered/Reproduction, Hunting, and Ancient variants of the Buchanan tartan, and not a one looks "insufficient" to the levels of dress being shown.



Edit: Forgot to mention, the gentleman 2nd from the left holding the banner, is XMarker "ctbuchanan".

[JSFMACLJR]

I'm already buying a kenmore doublet since I'm not overly fond of the PC jackets and waist coats. I'm trying to decide if green velvet would be the way to go, since after all green is the favorite color of my wife and I.

Green velvet would be an excellent choice! Always appropriate.