Why Might A Clan NOT Have A Tartan?

[Phil]

Crichton is a lowland family from the borders and would not have dressed in the "Highland" way - kilts, tartan etc.. In fact, until fairly recent times such attire would have been regarded as somewhat alien. Nowadays virtually every Scottish name has spawned a "clan", mostly at the instigation of your North American compatriots and, of course, a tartan has also been created - http://www.clan-crichton.com/ - this being an example of the type. There is absolutely nothing wrong in such modern romanticism but it has no historical basis in fact.