I have followed the debate over the rogue "Dress Campbell" tartan from time to time, but have never encountered "Black Watch Dress" before: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERB-16OZ-...item3374b9b9aa I have to say, it seems to me to be the saddest thing you could do to the BW... It looks like Dress Gordon with the proportions off- way off.
Some take the high road and some take the low road. Who's in the gutter? MacLowlife
The waist size is mentioned as being a 42" in the bold heading, but then in the smaller font under the picture is says 32" waist. I'd ask the seller before buying it. I had never seen that tartan before.
Originally Posted by MacLowlife I have followed the debate over the rogue "Dress Campbell" tartan from time to time, but have never encountered "Black Watch Dress" before: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERB-16OZ-...item3374b9b9aa I have to say, it seems to me to be the saddest thing you could do to the BW... It looks like Dress Gordon with the proportions off- way off. look at this: http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=4935
Originally Posted by Pleater Weeelll - once I was walking along the row of shops near us and passed a young couple, she was wearing a narrow strip of denim for a skirt and a couple of handkerchieves worth of fabric for a blouse and it was losing the fight to stay closed - I was almost out of earshot when he enquired 'why doesn't your skirt move like that?' Anne the Pleater
There are at least two other dress variations of Black Watch. It could similarly be sold as Dress Campbell, Sutherland or Hunting Grant.
I was married in a Campbell dress tartan kilt. I refer to it as "the wedding tartan", though. If The Campbell won't have it, I'd gladly claim it for my own.
De Gustibus non est disputandem, but I am reminded of Burns: The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft Ugle'
It's not my favourite...
Not a big fan of so much white tossed into what is otherwise a very subdued tartan.
I had to think back, but I remember someone wearing one in an ancient tone to a Scottish dance evening. His was heavy-weight wool, so the set was a bit larger. In the softer blues and greens, this tartan had a very friendly look to it.
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