oh the humanity

**OC Richard** · 23rd January 16, 02:10 PM

Why oh why would anyone put tartan trim on a Scottish jacket? Isn't the kilt enough tartan?

**Richrail** · 23rd January 16, 03:14 PM

Wow the first two jackets just scream, I kinda like the third. Molly in Monarch of the Glen had tartan on her dress jackets.

**The Wizard of BC** · 23rd January 16, 05:07 PM

Hey, those cuffs would be perfect places to display all your clan crests. You could put your father's line on one sleeve and your mother's line on the other.

**ASinclair** · 23rd January 16, 06:02 PM

I agree Richard. Maybe it is a 'contemporary' thing.

**Tarheel** · 23rd January 16, 06:20 PM

I'd like to be the first to say, "no comment." Not my style however.

**RockyR** · 23rd January 16, 09:08 PM

That may be the first time I've seen a Scottish copy of a Welsh idea (though I myself am not a fan): https://www.welsh-tartan.com/product...-Welsh-Charlie

**Mathew MacKillop** · 23rd January 16, 09:34 PM

I mean...if you had to...I mean really had to...wouldn't a tartan pocket square be more than sufficient?

**thecompaqguy** · 24th January 16, 01:10 AM

I've just ordered the McLeod one... pix will follow when it arrives

**OC Richard** · 24th January 16, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by thecompaqguy

I've just ordered the McLeod one

Way back around 1980 there used to be a Pipe Band around here, the costume was as follows:

-black Prince Charlies
-yellow MacLeod tartan kilts
-yellow MacLeod tartan full hose
-yellow MacLeod tartan fly plaids
-yellow MacLeod tartan bag-covers
-yellow MacLeod tartan drone ribbons

As if that wasn't enough yellow MacLeod tartan, on their Balmorals they had a strip of yellow MacLeod tartan going around the bottom, covering the dicing.

I can't remember for sure, but they might have had yellow MacLeod tartan bow ties.

Anyhow, what they DIDN'T have was yellow MacLeod tartan trim on their Prince Charlies! Think of the glory of it all, if that top jacket had been available in 1979, and that MacLeod band had bought them!

**Profane James** · 24th January 16, 06:38 AM

Pretty sure I've seen depictions of tartan jackets from antiquity...just another take on that. While probably not considered traditional (I'll let our Highland hosts authorize that qualification), I consider it progressive. Like I've read on these very pages before, when the tartan represents your family, the issue of fashion is nonsense...