Best Tartans Pleated to Stripe?

[macwilkin]

A number of the tartans mentioned so far are tartans associated with military organizations, such as Scottish regiments of the British Army and the US Marine Corps:

Gordon: The Gordon Highlanders
Mackenzie: The Seaforth Highlanders & the Highland Light Infantry
Douglas: The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Cameron of Erracht: The Cameron Highlanders

There are also a number of Commonwealth Scottish regiments in Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand that wear several of these tartans. (To be fair, some only had pipers in kilts, whilst officers and other ranks wore tartan trews.)

I would also suggest the Murray of Atholl, which was worn by the Atholl Highlanders (The Duke of Atholl's "private army") and The Transvaal Scottish (South Africa), and the Stewart Hunting, which was worn as a kilt by several battalions of the Royal Scots Regiment. I'll have to see what stripe their kilts were pleated to.

Pleating to the stripe is traditionally (but not exclusively) associated with military kits (although I am NOT suggesting that anyone but the military should do it!)

Cheers,

Todd