Newbe Question alert: Okay to wear other tartan?

[McClef]

If I have got the picture posting advice right then the tartan I talked about earlier should appear!

(fingers crossed)

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It as originally a .gif file but Photobucket wouldn't accept it and had to convert it to a .jpg.

Yay! it did!

[Robin]

I like it!

[McClef]

I like it!

Thanks Robin!

To have the tartan woven, registered and made up into a kilt would cost around £600.00!

But as I have a windfall coming I must confess myself severely tempted!

[majdan]

Another thing to bear in mind is that just because a tartan has a clan name does not make it a clan tartan. For instance the tartan I'm wearing in the pic in this thread http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=21083 is called Montgomery. However, it is not the official Montgomery Clan tartan.

Adam

I always though that that was the Montgomery Anicent Tartan

[arrogcow]

Ancient tartan means that it is the same colors and sett as the regular tartan, just lighter (like it's old and faded). Mine is listed with the STA as Montgomery VS and is only two colors as apposed to Montgomery (Clan) which has four colors (and a very different sett).

Adam

[Kilted-Marine]

I pulled this off of THE Clan MacKenzie website...it is about who can wear their tartan-

Is your surname Mackenzie, or a variation of this name? , or
Is your surname among those Septs of the Clan Mackenzie below? , or
Are you related to a Mackenzie or any of the Sept surnames below? , or
Are you sympathetic to the Clan Mackenzie Society's aims and activities and interested in the history of the famous Clan Mackenzie?

http://www.clan-mackenzie.org.uk/clan/mackenzie.html

The last one seems to be a COVERALL

[Phil]

More than anything, I really don't think a highlander would have let anyone else tell him what colors he was allowed to wear. Do as you please and enjoy your freedom. ; )

I have met quite a few highlanders and while they would all like to own a kilt very few of them can afford one. A different story if they come to the city and earn a decent wage but crofters, gillies etc. have more important things to spend what little money they have on.

[Don Patrick]

Newbe Question alert: Okay to wear other tartan? Can I wear a Stewart tartan or any other for that matter? Do I have to be affiliated with the Clan?


Thanks
Kevin

There do seem to be some rules governing tartans. They are:

"Definition of Clans, Septs & Family Associations Tartans

There are no strict rules on who has the right to wear a particular tartan. People normally wear only the tartan (if any) of their surname, or a "district tartan" connected with where they live or where their family come from.

Wearing a particular clan tartan indicates that the wearer bears an allegiance to the chief of that clan. A tartan which uses the name of a clan may only do so if the chief of that clan has given his approval to the particular design.

There is no official register of tartan. Records of designs are maintained by the Scottish Tartans Authority, Fraser House, 25 Commissioner Street, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 3A Y."

This comes from The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs http://www.clanchiefs.org/clans_tartan.html

A list on the site indicates quite a number of the Scottish Chiefs are a members of this council.

[Kilted-Marine]

The Royal Stewart Tartan is the tartan of the royal House of Stewart, and is also the personal tartan of Queen Elizabeth II. It is said to be appropriate for all subjects of Elizabeth II to wear the Royal Stewart tartan, much in the same way that clansmen may wear the tartan of their clan chief. Officially, the tartan is worn by numerous military groups, and a select few civilian groups. The 5th Potters Bar Scout Group wear the scarf officially, with permission from the Queen.

[macwilkin]

The Royal Stewart Tartan is the tartan of the royal House of Stewart, and is also the personal tartan of Queen Elizabeth II. It is said to be appropriate for all subjects of Elizabeth II to wear the Royal Stewart tartan, much in the same way that clansmen may wear the tartan of their clan chief. Officially, the tartan is worn by numerous military groups, and a select few civilian groups. The 5th Potters Bar Scout Group wear the scarf officially, with permission from the Queen.

This is a bit of a "sticky wicket"; yes, the Royal Stewart tartan is a de facto "universal" tartan in the simple fact that it is everywhere you turn around -- but I have yet to see anything official that says that any subject of HM Queen Elizabeth may wear it.

Technically, permission to wear the tartan was given by the sovereign; for example, pipers of the Black Watch, the Royal Scots and the KOSB were given permission to wear it.

An article on the British Monarchy's web site has this to say:

During The Queen's stay on her private estate in Scotland, the Balmoral Tartan is worn. The Royal Stewart and Balmoral Tartans are recognised as 'royal' tartans, The Royal Stewart is considered the tartan of the Royal House of Stewart (or Stuart).

-- http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page3370.asp

Personally, I won't wear it -- but that's just me.

Todd