Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
The real issue with red tartan is sunlight (red dye tends to fade more easily than other colors).

How long does it take to see noticeable fading? Well, think about where Jim wears his kilt. All of our parades are outside, and each parade is a good 3 hours out in the sun, what with warm-up and all. Competitions at games have even more sun exposure, because we wear our kilts in and out of the sun from before massed bands at noon until after massed bands in the evening. Neither of these is typical of most people who wear kilts, except maybe Ron who wears his kilts out hiking and stuff. I wouldn't expect to see your Wallace kilt show fading for years and years unless you're wearing it a couple days a week in the sun for long periods of time.

And, of course, it doesn't look like "weathered" tartan. It's still plenty red. But it is noticeably faded compared to our more recently made kilts, as are ones belonging to some of our other long-time band members.

Anyway, the moral of this story is that, if you want to air your kilt, don't hang it outside on the line in the sun.
Ah, OK. I understand now, thanks.

No hanging it outside on the line for me.