Black Watch tartan kilt wearers- question:

[Jock Scot]

I HAVE to argue the "no tartan above the waist" thing. One lil' bit that can absolutely draw an outfit together is a matching tartan bowtie.

Of course, that's me. YMMV

We must not forget those that are keen on tartan waistcoats too.

[Paul]

We must not forget those that are keen on tartan waistcoats too.

I love tartan waistcoats. Can't wait to get one made!
I'm just stuck between getting silk or wool

[Nighthawk]

Wearing many different tartans at the same time does go back a long way, I grant you. I wonder, these pictures that you have seen where this happens, are the people wearing different tartans of the SAME clan, or, are they wearing tartans of DIFFERENT clans? Could you point me in the right direction so that I can study these pictures? I may not have seen them all.

I;ve seen a few posted on this site, and I've got a couple books- one on the tactics of the battle of Culloden, and one called Tartan: The Facts and Myths- where I've seen them. One was a painting of a Jacobite wearing a kilt of one tartan, and a jacket of another. The other that I've seen was in the Tartan book- it was pointed out that they were in fact two different variants of the same tartan. One was a kilt (of course) and the other, a day plaid.

We must not forget those that are keen on tartan waistcoats too.

One of the things that I like to do that makes the Kilt Police angry is to wear tartan flashes, tartan tie, black hose, white shirt- and a black Amerikilt. I personally think my Dress MacLeod accoutrements look awesome with the solid black. I want to get a Dress MacLeod waistcoat to go with that outfit. Of course, I’ll lose the tie in favor of a black or red one in that case… but that’s something that I personally really like.

I love tartan waistcoats. Can't wait to get one made!
I'm just stuck between getting silk or wool

I have the very same issue!