See thru tartan, ID?

[creagdhubh]

It's a tartan designed and used in retail trade. Barbour uses this tartan as the lining fabric in some of their jackets and woven as scarves.

Indeed. I own a few Barbour jackets and quilted waistcoats that have this particular Barbour tartan as their lining. I even own an unbrella in this tartan!

[Benning Boy]

So it is Barbour. It doesn't look quite like the Barbour shown at both the Tartan Registry or the Tartan Authority, which are more brownish, but it does look like the tartan on the left at the first link posted by figheadair. I'd had trouble using the various search tools trying to find it. But, I did buy it from a fabric dealer in England, so it makes sense it is Barbour.


I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. I'm more and more tempted to consider a kilt, just for the heck of it. But, that project will be down the road a piece. There's almost 3 1/4 yards of 54-inch fabric there, enough to make a kilt with lots of pleats. I wasn't actually looking for mesh tartan when I ran across this, but figured I'd better jump on it as the length I bought was the last of it.


It is the same fabric used for Lacrosse shorts, and other athletic shorts, which are usually made from a double thickness of the mesh material, and are quite acceptable in public. I suppose anyone thinking of a light running kilt could get solid colored mesh and make a kilt of it. I've seen the same fabric in some sort of designer camouflage, which from a distance appears sorta tannish gray.