Carnegie Mellon Kilt?

[ddowhan]

I've been in a hashing group ("a drinking club with a running problem") for years, and several hashers have adopted kilts as their preferred outfit while out on trail. Several companies now sell sport kilts specifically for this purpose, and a few tartan patterns were created specifically for hashers. If I'm going to wear a kilt, I would feel silly not wearing the colors of the Carnegie Mellon Tartans, even though I was never in the band. I feel certain that they used to sell the kilts in the bookstore, or at the very least you could buy yards of the raw fabric. Is there some other way to purchase an authentic CMU kilt? Or would it in fact be inappropriate in some way for me to wear any such pattern?

Did any other groups at CMU wear tartan kilts? I think the field hockey team may have had a different pattern (though they may have been actual skirts).

[SlackerDrummer]

I'm pretty sure their pipe band just wears the Carnegie Clan tartan.

[fluter]

It looks as though it may be the Carnegie tartan.

Best bet is probably to contact the band or the book store, and ask! Isn't there a pipe band, too?

[SlackerDrummer]

They never name it in the university's graphics standards manual, but there is an image. Tis the Carnegie tartan for sure.

[mystie3k]

We used to borrow the Kiltie band kilts to sport them at conferences - yes, mega dorks, but that is CMU. (we also painted the car Tartan, I have pictures)

Anyway, if I recall it was really hard to get the Carnegie Tartan, as it is not a common tartan, and the Kiltie band had to get theirs custom made, and it was quite expensive. I priced out 5 yards of Carnegie Tartan for a sport kilt and the fabric alone was about $400.

So to that end, I opted for the Sport Kilt HHH Hunting Tartan. As I see it, it will work both ways!
http://www.sportkilt.com/product/103...H-Hunting.html

On-the tartan looks close enough if you have been drinking-on