Tartan Identification

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Anyone else notice he wears his sporran a bit low AND wears a belt with a Dress Sporran?

I know, I know... he's Sean Connery and has earned the right to wear it as he pleases...

Rocky,

I agree that he is wearing his sporran a bit low, but I see nothing wrong with his belt and sporran being worn together. They look just fine to me.

My biggest beef with Sir Sean's Highland attire is that he is seen so often wearing a neck tie with his Prince Charlie and three-button waistcoat.

[terialka]

lately I have read very enormously on clans, tartan and its uses, it surprised me for that reason more that the gentleman connery did not use one representative one to his lineage,
if say that its use was regulated, but, nowadays is allowed to design and to register tartanes for everything, the Mercedes benz even has one

[McMurdo]

terialka
There are many events where Sir Sean wears a tartan related to his lineage, however the event he was at was Dressed to Kilt, it is Fashion Show if you google Dressed to Kilt you will see far more radical departures from traditional kilt wearing. This is as I can see it normal for the venue, and part of the fact that the event is indeed a fashion show, many designers try to push the envelope when it comes to fashion of any kind, kilts are no exception.

There are many of us on this forum, myself included, who wear the kilt on a daily basis, many of us wear more than just our clan tartan, while many wear the clan tartan only. Really the rule is there are no rules, one can wear as many tartans as one desires. If you wish to only wear your clan tartan that is up to you.

As for Mercedes Benz having their own tartan, I for one applaud them for this move, there are literally thousands of tartans, each year there are more designed, one of my favourite tartans is the Isle of Skye tartan, it is a district tartan designed and first woven in 1992, that does not make it any less a tartan than my Royal Stewart or Graham of Mentieth, just a newer one. The tartan Sir Sean is wearing is admittedly not for everyone, but then again few tartans are.

[Detroitpete]

I'm not sure if its the lateness of the day or the fact that somehow I wind up approving of whatever Sir Sean pulls off--but I think I just added ANOTHER tartan to my wish list.

[Tim Little]

As for Mercedes Benz having their own tartan, I for one applaud them for this move....

Pure conjecture on my part, but I wonder if the Mercedes tartan didn't have something to do with their relationship with Scottish Formula 1 driver David Coulthard. When he was driving for McLaren, the team used Mercedes engines. (Actually, they still do.) Just a thought....

[The Barry]

I'm not sure if its the lateness of the day or the fact that somehow I wind up approving of whatever Sir Sean pulls off--but I think I just added ANOTHER tartan to my wish list.

Yeah, he seems to make any tartan look like a must-have to me!

[JolyStNicholas]

If I had Sir Sean's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I personally would have at least one(1) each of any Tartan and Kilt I wanted,
and then some.

Wait til I win that Lottery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Downix]

If I had Sir Sean's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I personally would have at least one(1) each of any Tartan and Kilt I wanted,
and then some.

Wait til I win that Lottery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heh, how about if I win the lottery I'll buy you one. 8)

[Bigkahuna]

Did anyone notice me standing behind Him??? John Walker

[O'Callaghan]

I was always a big fan of Sean Connery from the James Bond films. We have a complete set ... on VHS. Now I suppose we will have to collect the DVDs.

I think Sir Sean was bron and raised near Glasgow, which is pretty much the rustbelt of lowland Scotland, and that he used to be a milkman (someone who delivers bottles of milk house-to-house, an explanation needed because they stopped doing this in America in the '50s or so). Many highlanders and Irish immigrants came there for the steel and shipbuilding industries.AFAIK on his mother's side were local lowlanders with no clan or tartan, and his father's side were Irish tinkers. Sean Connery is about as Irish a name as it's possible to have, nothing Scottish about it atall. Matt pointed out that he had worn Maclean and believes it is on his mother's side somewhere. Doubtless so, as highlanders also migrated there for work, but it may not necessarily be a very close family connection.

So, I think that it's a bit much to lament that he mostly wears tartans that aren't linked to his heritage. I believe he is in the same position as many other Scotsmen, where it is a stretch to find a link to a clan tartan, if they even can atall.