Why are some plaids universal?

[Drac]

Good day all,

I ran into some issues with my picking up a Lamont kilt, my grandmother isn't a Whyte like I was always told. So my Scottish blood got a bit thinner.

I am still planning to get a dress kilt though. When browsing through some of the universal tartans I was thinking about what made them universal. Some it's kind of obvious such as hunting. Not attached to an area of a country or family.

Some of the others though have made me wonder for a while about how they could be considered universal. I am curious on them but not wanting to start an argument on who can wear a tartans (since they are classified universal I assume that anyone can) just curious on why these are considered universal.

Blackwatch is the first one that comes to mind. This, a long with other military/unit tartans, seems to be given a disservice to those that serve in that unit that their "uniform" is allowed to be worn by those who have never served. Others such as Lochness that are attached to a region. Like clan tartans it would seem that idea would be you have some attachment to that region. There even seems to be clan tartans that are considered universal.

Jim