"Rules" for wearing family tartan

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The chief of the clan is the one whose choice in the matter is acknowledged - although many of the clan tartans were named by their designers (be they firms like Wilsons of Bannockburn, or creative individuals like the bros. Sobieski-Stuart) before the chiefs of the clans in question could say yea or nay. An effort was made by the Highland Society of London in 1819 to get the chiefs of each of the clans to submit samples of the tartan that they recognized as appropriate to their clan. However a lot of tartans (mostly for the lowland clans) were created by the Sobieski Stuarts, and many of these are still recognized as clan tartans to this day.

Thanks. I had read several times that it was the chief, and I wanted to be sure.

Hopefully this time I can drop out of the thread. Sorry.