Should husband and wife be in same colour family

[figheadair]

I believe it is appropriate for husband and wife to dress in his family tartan.

Unless of course he doesn't have a clan/tartan and she does. In which case........

I believe it would earasaid would be correct

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earasaid
David

Earasaid/arisaid is a Gaelic term for a type of female clothing that changed in style over the years (Musings on the Arisaid and other female dress). In contemporary parlance; plaid, shawl, throw etc., are also used.

[CollinMacD]

For your wife a simple sash, of your family tartan, worn over the left should, crossed at the right hip, fastened by a small broach is very appropriate and traditionally worn for a wife who has married into your family.

[David Dubh]

Thanks Peter
Was hoping to hear from you at some point
Slainte

[David Dubh]

For your wife a simple sash, of your family tartan, worn over the left should, crossed at the right hip, fastened by a small broach is very appropriate and traditionally worn for a wife who has married into your family.

Thanks Collin, but my wife doesn’t want to wear a sash at this point
David

[FossilHunter]

Thanks Collin, but my wife doesn’t want to wear a sash at this point
David

Here is a picture from a formal dinner party in Scotland that Lord MacDonald was at that shows a woman (to the right of Lady MacDonald) wearing her sash about the waist. I kind of like the look.


From: euphoria-photography.co.uk

[Tobus]

Here is a picture from a formal dinner party in Scotland that Lord MacDonald was at that shows a woman (to the right of Lady MacDonald) wearing her sash about the waist. I kind of like the look.

I like that look too. The typical ladies' sash worn diagonally from shoulder to hip may be a traditional or acceptable way to wear it, but in this American's mind the look has been tainted by beauty pageant contestants, aka the "Miss America" look. It's difficult for me to see a tartan sash worn that way without the beauty pageant context. I'm not knocking the ladies who do choose to wear it that way (again, it is perfectly acceptable), but if I were putting one on my wife, I think I'd suggest the waist option or some other configuration. A tartan shawl or kerchief over both shoulders, perhaps. Something elegantly worn, like this:

(photo from Scotweb)

[cessna152towser]

Absolutely, husband and wife should wear the same family tartan.
When Gabriele and I got married, the pinning of the tartan was part of the wedding ceremony, when I attached a sheet of my family tartan to her wedding outfit.

[FossilHunter]

I like that look too. The typical ladies' sash worn diagonally from shoulder to hip may be a traditional or acceptable way to wear it, but in this American's mind the look has been tainted by beauty pageant contestants, aka the "Miss America" look. It's difficult for me to see a tartan sash worn that way without the beauty pageant context. I'm not knocking the ladies who do choose to wear it that way (again, it is perfectly acceptable), but if I were putting one on my wife, I think I'd suggest the waist option or some other configuration. A tartan shawl or kerchief over both shoulders, perhaps. Something elegantly worn, like this:

(photo from Scotweb)

Sultry looks and stiletto heels help too.

[Todd Bradshaw]

In our case, it just mostly depends on what mood we're in, but the various color editions of our tartan look pretty different, so we can either match or not. A typical minimum weaving run of a new tartan is enough for about three eight yard kilts, so you better have a plan for the rest once you have your kilt. My wife doesn't wear kilts, so she makes a variety of skirts and other garments from "her share" of a new weave.

(same thread count, different shades - Dalgliesh heavyweight at left, Marton Mills Bute wool 13 oz. at right)



A matching skirt to my kilt is fine with me. A matching outfit, as it were, like this one, is too far over the "matchy line" and would cause me to go for a different kilt.

(Dalgliesh heavyweight tartan and charcoal Cheviot tweed)