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    Oh wowsers, I am so tickled! I was just on Facebook looking at photos from the upcoming Episode 7, and lo and behold there's a tartan of MY clan, specifically the Weathered Douglas sett. Look at the far right of the photo:




    And compare with the kilt I'm wearing here:





    It feels almost like a guest appearance on the show.
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    The one wool kilt I currently have is Douglas weathered.
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    As a proud member of Clan Douglas, I had not seen the Weathered version in person until this year at Grandfather...and it was immediately bumped to the top of the list for my next wool purchase, whenever that may be. If only it were offered in P/V along with our Modern and Ancient palette...

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    And this is a kilt in progress that I'm working on, in the Douglas Weathered tartan...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale Seago View Post
    Oh wowsers, I am so tickled! I was just on Facebook looking at photos from the upcoming Episode 7, and lo and behold there's a tartan of MY clan, specifically the Weathered Douglas sett.
    I understand how a weathered tartan might have been used as a prop but that really is an anachronism. The Douglas tartan started life as one of Wilsons' numbered patterns, in this case No 148, that dates from the early 1800s. Weathered tartans are a mid-29th century fashion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    Weathered tartans are a mid-29th century fashion.
    Futuristic tartans, they are!

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    I understand how a weathered tartan might have been used as a prop but that really is an anachronism. The Douglas tartan started life as one of Wilsons' numbered patterns, in this case No 148, that dates from the early 1800s.
    Quite right, in the 1740s there were no "clan tartans" yet.

    Weathered tartans are a mid-29th century fashion.
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    I think it's wonderful that they're going to be so popular!
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    Weathered tartans are a mid-29th century fashion
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY_Ry8J_jdw
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    I'd have to second the bothersome ren-faire pirate boots. I don't see how they could even be practical or comfortable for running about the highlands on foot. To me, it's a blatant disregard for accuracy, in exchange for what artistic point, exactly? Is it because it's what the public sees at ren-faires or on book covers and so it's what they expect to see on TV? Are shoes and hose not butch enough? With the plethora of information on the subject of Highland/Scottish attire it seems an odd point to go rogue on if you are otherwise making a decent attempt at accuracy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hylander View Post
    I'd have to second the bothersome ren-faire pirate boots. I don't see how they could even be practical or comfortable for running about the highlands on foot. To me, it's a blatant disregard for accuracy, in exchange for what artistic point, exactly? Is it because it's what the public sees at ren-faires or on book covers and so it's what they expect to see on TV? Are shoes and hose not butch enough? With the plethora of information on the subject of Highland/Scottish attire it seems an odd point to go rogue on if you are otherwise making a decent attempt at accuracy.

    uhm terry dresbach already explained that these are authentically made french military boots. and that they would fit with the backstory.

    so maybe you should have read some more of the discussion before barging in.
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