I'm with Buckskin. I haven't been to Valdosta since the late 1960s but I'm guessing there are a few places where you can pick up a solid color necktie for a fair price. Take a piece of tartan with you, maybe the flashes, when you go shopping.

Find a solid color necktie that goes well with the tartan colors then let your father choose which he wants to wear. Live with his choice. Even if chooses tartan the solid will still be an option other times he kilts up.

And, as mentioned, some abhore matching tartan ties with kilts...I do it anyway with two of my kilts.

I've taken comfort in old paintings and photos of Scots wearing mixed tartans...the way it sometimes was.

How important is it?...don't let it become an issue at the wedding. You owe your father the gift of life. How important is a necktie?

Ron