Quote Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)
Quote Originally Posted by Rufus
...He also said that, "Welsh kilts aren't real kilts!"...Rufus
That comment indicates that the guy is either arrogant, ignorant, of full of hot air. (maybe a bit of all three.)
As Welsh kilts are made in exactly the same way as any other traditional kilts, the only difference is the Welsh Tartan. I therefore suspect that what he really meant was that Welsh Tartans aren't real tartans. Even if he did mean that he is wrong. Many people (including many Scots) believe that for a tartan to be real, it has to be a Clan Tartan, but this is incorrect as tartans existed before the first Clan Tartan was produced.

The earliest were District Tartans, probably because if you happened to live in a particular district, you wore the 'district' tartan that the local weaver produced.

Since then there have been Family Tartans, Corporate Tartans, Comemorative Tartans etc., so those who are snobbish about what constitutes a true tartan are merely showing their ignorance.

Rob