Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
Ah yes, but they are a bit older, c.1840 to be precise. I doubt much modern tartan will still look so good after nearly 200 years of use.
They were in the NYC Tartan Day Parade. I didn't notice at the moment (too wrapped up in the marvelous sound and their stern countenances), but when I look at my video the shadings of their kilts are obviously a spectrum. Is that fading of the dyes, or a reflection of differing dye lots for garments produced at different times? Are some of those GARMENTS almost 200 years old?

And, I can't help but observe that many in the rifles corps (two separate ranks, for reasons I don't know) that followed the pipers and drummers, the faces of the marchers showed various degrees of weathering as well. Some of them may have been almost as old as ***I*** but the radiating pride they had in their service was stirring.

I can post my brief iPhone video if anyone is interested.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿