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    Brittany walking tartan

    A quick looksee revealed to me that the Brittany Walking Tartan is a restricted tartan. What are the details? Have to get yardage from a specific vendor? Get permission to have it woven?
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    Cannot find any mention of it being restricted in the tartan register http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar...s.aspx?ref=365
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    Interesting. Scotweb has it restricted.
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    I saw that also. I have seen a few tartans on the Scotweb site shown as restricted but no mention is made on the Tartans register site of that restriction. I don't know if any of the mills weave the tartan as a stock one, so it may need to be done as a custom weave. A email to Dr Nick Fiddes of Scotweb will soon sort the matter out though. Cheers
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    Restricted Tartan? I can't wait to find out any details on what that curtails. My imaginations are: Family owned and only by personal invitation?, limited weaving (quantity) by mill?, funds an undesirable social standard?, etc. Its maddening not knowing.

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    At least one of our members (English Bloke) has a kilt in that tartan that he is rightfully proud of. I am fairly sure it is not restricted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarheel View Post
    Restricted Tartan? I can't wait to find out any details on what that curtails. My imaginations are: Family owned and only by personal invitation?, limited weaving (quantity) by mill?, funds an undesirable social standard?, etc. Its maddening not knowing.
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    not referring to the Brittany Walking tartan, of course. That one's quite handsome.
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    The suggestion to contact Nick Fiddes is a good one. But it might also be worth contacting Richard Duclos. I think I saw an address for him at the SRT at one stage, but it is not on the pages for Brittany National or Brittany Walking. I suspect he would be the one to give the nod. Perhaps Nick would make contact with him, or provide his address.
    There are several other Breton tartans, including a range with the prefix Bro-. They were designed by Kirsty Anderson of (if I recall correctly) the House of Edgar, but the designs were strictly supervised by Richard Duclos and they are marketed through his company, Fordiam, in Paris.
    A Google search for Fordiam initially came up with several punts for a company working in concrete (beton), but then I came across this entry: Fordiam La Maison du Kilt, 12 Rue du Maine, 75014 Paris, France.
    If you can write in French (I cannot) a letter or an e-mail to him would probably get your best results.
    I finally ran down his shop’s website at this address: http://www.tartanbreton.com/francais/cgv.htm
    It’s quite impressive at first sight.
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