The dress Stewart is the one with the white in it - most dress tartans have white in them.
The Royal Stewert is the red one.
I made myself a longer length kilt recently, by accident, I must confess. The one before was done in 48 inch wide fabric which I halved to get the usual 24inches - but then I took 60 inch wide fabric and made a kilt 30 inches long. It is just short enough for me to be able to walk up stairs without having to pick it up to prevent it being trodden on.
Are you, like me, also a sufferer from the Masefield disease? I used to sail a little yacht out of Portsmouth harbour, Hampshire to explore the harbours on the mainland and the Isle of Wight and go up and down the Solent. Happy days.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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