What Kilt to Wear??

**Dirk Skene** · 11th March 08, 10:13 AM

Bottom line is that you wear what you want

However you can take this example for an answer to your question. My mom was a Hall. Hall is a sept of Skene. I wear Skene by right. From her mom's side comes Williams. I wear Gunn by right. My dad's mom was a Shephard. I wear that by right. Very closely realted is Brown. I wear that by right.

I also wear Royal Stewart. Hunting Stewart, Buchannan, Black Watch, Gordon & anything esle I wish because I want to. I do not wear U.S.A. military tartans because of personal family reasons. We have a long history as a family for military service & I never served. Others that have never served DO wear them out of respect. Let no one tell you that you are forbidded to wear a perticular tartan.

**Ian.MacAllan** · 20th March 08, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Dirk Skene

Bottom line is that you wear what you want . . .

A few clan chiefs have asked that the wearing of their dress tartans be restricted to members of their immediate families. To me (and many others) that is sufficient reason to want not to wear those tartans, but this is of course a matter of courtesy, not legislation.

.Edit 21Mar2008 The phrase "not legislatation" may be incorrect. I have just discovered that the designers of the Special Forces tartan and of the Presbyterian tartan (Synod)(US) have restricted those tartans. There may well be other restricted tartans. I don't know the nature of the restrictions but more information may be available through http://store.clan.com/materialfinder...searchterm=U.S. Sorry for the error.

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**JS Sanders** · 11th March 08, 10:48 AM

One thing is absolutely certain, you will be asked countless times what "plaid" you're wearing. Guaranteed.

Slainte yall,
steve

**macdoc451** · 11th March 08, 11:20 AM

Thanks, one and all! I. more or less, gathered that from other posts. I think I was interested in the "traditional" views, and what those may be. Not that I wish to be a "traditionalist snob" (in the words of the writer of: "So Your Going to Wear the Kilt"), but I would like to gather as many different views as possible.

**The Wizard of BC** · 11th March 08, 11:53 AM

You asked for views which are like opinions and you know what they say about opinions.
But here goes anyway.

There are three hard and fast rules concerning the proper and authorized wear of The Tartan. I know this because I read it right here on this forum.

1) Choose a Tartan you like.
2) Know what Tartan you are wearing.
3) Wear your chosen Tartan with respect.

With that said, may I interest you in a nice Pink Death Kilt? The only Tartan Authorized for wear while hunting the wily lawn flamingo.

**macdoc451** · 11th March 08, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC

You asked for views which are like opinions and you know what they say about opinions.
But here goes anyway.

There are three hard and fast rules concerning the proper and authorized wear of The Tartan. I know this because I read it right here on this forum.

1) Choose a Tartan you like.
2) Know what Tartan you are wearing.
3) Wear your chosen Tartan with respect.

With that said, may I interest you in a nice Pink Death Kilt? The only Tartan Authorized for wear while hunting the wily lawn flamingo.

LOL!!! THAT conjures up an interesting picture in my mind!!!! I sure hope there is an artist, "out there", who can conseptualize that description!!!