Should husband and wife be in same colour family

[Tobus]

Here is a picture from a formal dinner party in Scotland that Lord MacDonald was at that shows a woman (to the right of Lady MacDonald) wearing her sash about the waist. I kind of like the look.

I like that look too. The typical ladies' sash worn diagonally from shoulder to hip may be a traditional or acceptable way to wear it, but in this American's mind the look has been tainted by beauty pageant contestants, aka the "Miss America" look. It's difficult for me to see a tartan sash worn that way without the beauty pageant context. I'm not knocking the ladies who do choose to wear it that way (again, it is perfectly acceptable), but if I were putting one on my wife, I think I'd suggest the waist option or some other configuration. A tartan shawl or kerchief over both shoulders, perhaps. Something elegantly worn, like this:

(photo from Scotweb)