Scotsman article - Was tartan really banned after Culloden?

[Damion]

I don't see that as a refutation as the banning of tartan more usually refers to male attire. I suspect the average person who is critical of the ban has never heard of an arisaid.

The reality is that in the intervening 40 years, the equivalent of two generations, the habit of wearing highland clothing had died out and become relegated to the military and a few noble families. Exceptions were always made to the nobility back then if it could be showed that they were loyal.

The myth which does need to be more overcome is that the defeat in 1746 resulted in the clearances which came near a century later and were the result of the then chiefs and not some dastardly Sassanach plot.