Tartan Day in Balboa Park, San Diego

[FossilHunter]

I'm jealous. "Permitted" to wear club ties that would sport decorating embroidery of a Bantam Rooster or an English Bulldog by the initials that can follow my name (issued by stodgy New England educational institutions), and being informed by Jock that THAT was what I should aspire to, I went in search for same and discovered that NEITHER of those institutions' souvenir collections available at their bookstores even BOTHERS to sell ANY neckties any more. Maybe it's emblematic of the frailty and transitory nature of American culture.

I have a small collection of British country ties. Some have hunting dogs on them, others, game birds. I’d probably class the. As less formal ties. I might not wear them to a wedding. Kilted or otherwise.

The club/repp/regimental tie tradition seems to be pretty unique to the UK and commonwealth. Not that you don’t see them in the US but they’re not nearly as common. I ran into the same issue as you with my own university and ended up buying a striped tie in the university’s colors until I finally found one with the athletics team logo in a club style. They seem to be more common with more august institutions whereas I went to a public state university. College athletic logos seem to be more common on ties from the US.

I’ll post my examples when I get home later today.

[OC Richard]

I just looked up House of Scotland Pipe Band, very impressive!

https://www.houseofscotland.org/pipe-band.html

A few familiar faces (the older folks) but also a great contingent of young players so the future is bright.

Isn't that the San Diego tartan? I've seen it up close, a kilt beautifully pleated to the stripe, it's a striking tartan.

As best I recall...we're talking 50 years ago...they were, at that time, the Loud MacLeod pipe band, wearing the yellow Allen Brothers "MacLeod" tartan.