Solid Color Family "Tartans"...??

**SportBilly** · 26th March 08, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Raphael

and Mr Blond is a blond bike and Mr Pink in a pink kilt.... Are you doing a Reservoir Dogs remake, but with the guys in kilts?

I was thinking much the same myself. Wouldn't everyone want to be Mr Black? lol

**Bugbear** · 26th March 08, 05:53 PM

Oh ok, I looked up Ben Dubh. No problem with that tartan and not being in a clan. I would put that in the same gist as the Gray Granite tartan. Those are safe to wear.

**Riverkilt** · 26th March 08, 07:54 PM

Ummm, Logan...the reason I put "family tartan" in quotes is because I understand one color isn't a tartan...

Don't know the word...but the question, idea, concept, was do people named White identify with the color white in their garments...or could they...or should they?

I know there is a Brown tartan that isn't all brown....but would/could a Brown wear a solid brown kilt with pride too...?

Ron

**Bugbear** · 26th March 08, 07:59 PM

The funny thing, Ron, is that the people who would most likely be able to answer your question, M O R comes to mind, are not responding to this thread... Strange...

I would like to hear their answers too.

**gilmore** · 26th March 08, 08:00 PM

FYI there was an eariler thread about alleged Irish clan kilts of solid colors. There is some recent evidence for it, but then there are authoritative sources that say it's hogwash.

At any rate, the colors assigned to the purported clan kilts had nothing to do with the clan surnames, as I recall.

**BoldHighlander** · 26th March 08, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

I'm confused... So is there a Shadow clan now...

Indeed Ted, they're called Ninjas

**Bugbear** · 26th March 08, 08:13 PM

Ah, sounds like a motercycle clan, BoldHighlander...

And glad to hear that it is in fact safe to wear a solid color kilt if not in a clan of that solid color name...

Sorry I keep pestering your threads, Ron.

**Highland Logan** · 26th March 08, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by gilmore

FYI there was an eariler thread about alleged Irish clan kilts of solid colors. There is some recent evidence for it, but then there are authoritative sources that say it's hogwash.

At any rate, the colors assigned to the purported clan kilts had nothing to do with the clan surnames, as I recall.

First off Irish clan tartans are an invention of the 20th centery. And since solid colour "tartans" are not tartans, but just that solid colours, I'm sure that's the reason M O R is not responding..

Frank

**Riverkilt** · 26th March 08, 10:33 PM

Hello...never intended for this to be "official" or "historic." I know that a guy named Black wouldn't necessarily wear all black clothing...

Just seemed it might be an idea to wear a solid color modern contemporary kilt (Freedom Kilt, RKilt, Utilikilt, USA Kilt) in a color that matched their last name.

And, just my demented, besotted, impish brain thinking...if I were a Mr. Black I just might call my solid colored black kilt the Clan Black "tartan."

Please close the dictionaries and history books a moment and frolic, giggle, laugh, play....

Mr. Brown wearing the Clan Brown "tartan" kilt....

Mr. White wearing the Clan White "tartan" kilt....

**gilmore** · 26th March 08, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Highland Logan

First off Irish clan tartans are an invention of the 20th centery. And since solid colour "tartans" are not tartans, but just that solid colours, I'm sure that's the reason M O R is not responding..

Frank

M O R?

Yes, I am well away that solid colors are not tartans, other than shadow tartans.