State Tartans

**Noel Christian Riddell** · 5th April 10, 09:58 AM

Any of the rabble here wearing US state tartan kilts?
I wear Roxburgh Red to honor my family's Scottish heritage. Eventually I want to expand my kilt wardrobe and have considered the Kentucky tartan as an option:

**davidlpope** · 5th April 10, 10:01 AM

Here's one of Piperdh and myself in the Carolina tartan, official state tartan for North and South Carolina. Quite a few kilts in this tartan out there...

Cordially,

David

**celt72** · 5th April 10, 10:03 AM

Not yet, but I'm planning on it! The next kilt I'm buying will be in the Texas Bluebonnet tartan.

**Tobus** · 5th April 10, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by celt72

Not yet, but I'm planning on it! The next kilt I'm buying will be in the Texas Bluebonnet tartan.

I was considering the same thing, being a dyed-in-the-wool Texan (pun intended!). But at the Highland Games a couple of weeks ago I saw a young woman in the local pipe band wearing a kilt in this tartan and I didn't particularly care for it. I always thought it looked like a pretty nice tartan, but seeing it on an actual kilt was a little disappointing. Maybe it was just because it was a woman wearing it, but it looked to me a lot like a dancer's tartan or a dress tartan. It has a lot of light blue colors and the overall scheme just came across (to my eye) as too light.

What might be fun is a custom weave Texas Bluebonnet tartan but in weathered colors. For some reason, I'm thinking that the tartan may take on a whole new look with a weathered color scheme instead of the original.

**Noel Christian Riddell** · 5th April 10, 10:09 AM

Nice!

I may go for a Roxburgh Red modern before I jump on a state tartan -but one day...

**NewEnglander** · 5th April 10, 10:09 AM

I would love to wear the Connecticut tartan, but since it's a special order weave I don't see it happening anytime soon.
Stupid, stupid supply and demand...

**bricelythgoe** · 5th April 10, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by NewEnglander

I would love to wear the Connecticut tartan, but since it's a special order weave I don't see it happening anytime soon.
Stupid, stupid supply and demand...

Same here. I would love the Utah tartan. However, I would like to see one first.

**starbkjrus** · 5th April 10, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by davidlpope

Here's one of Piperdh and myself in the Carolina tartan, official state tartan for North and South Carolina. Quite a few kilts in this tartan out there...

Cordially,

David

I won't have to post a pic since it's here above.

I wear the Carolina as well. I live in Virginia but my family has been in the Carolinas since the 1740's.

**Spc. Scott** · 5th April 10, 10:30 AM

I'd like to get one in Pennsylvania tartan one day as well.
http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=5259

My home state and a nice tartan too.