Matching vest to kilt

[Downunder Kilt]

I would not mix the two tartans, even though one is a sept of another. Your family has a tartan (Craig). Your clan has one (Gordon). I would keep the two seperate.

[ledodedo]

Hi,

being new, i don't know anything, but i would think that mixing 2 tartans is like mixing the streams in ghostbusters, a big no no

[OC Richard]

I was thinking about getting a Black Watch waistcoat, quite dark, to wear with any of my kilts, none of which are Black Watch, and which have lively colours.

There's precedent at least in the Army: the pipers of The Black Watch used to wear doublets of Black Watch tartan but kilts and plaids of Royal Stewart.

All that survives today are their Black Watch bagcovers and rear pipe-ribbons (the front ribbon, kilt, and plaid still being Royal Stewart).

The Army doesn't flinch at mixing tartans! Note how many are worn by pipers of The Highlanders (the piper is a piper of The Highlanders, not The Queens Own Highlanders, as one might think)



Originally in Highland Dress tartans were freely mixed; note how many different ones appear in this 18th century portrait (yes the child on the right is wearing jacket, waistcoat, and kilt of three different tartans)

[Kilted Cole]

As another one of the very few descendants of Craig on this forum....another option would be to go with a tweed pattern......Just because of the variations that I have seen in the more grey tween patterns that may complement the Craig tartan even more so. Just a thought in case you hadn't considered tweed an option.