Allowed tartans

[majdan]

In the end it is only cloth after all. Now just speaking for me and only me, I'm sure others have their own POV and that is perfectly fine with me, but the kilt is about the clan. I wear it to show solidarty with my old folk. Do you really think that anyone would wear either of the two Montgomery tartans otherwise. There are many other tartans that I like much better but none represent my clan. I guess it's sort of like gang colors, or team colors, or branch colors(for us army officers) in a way. That's why I have so many things in Green and Yellow(University of Oregon) and Light Blue (The Infantry color). That's just my view of things and I don't expect anyone to feel the same. That being said I like it when people wear the Montgomery tartan just because they like it. It makes me feel good that someone would find our tartan visually atractive.

[macwilkin]

In the end it is only cloth after all. Now just speaking for me and only me, I'm sure others have their own POV and that is perfectly fine with me, but the kilt is about the clan. I wear it to show solidarty with my old folk. Do you really think that anyone would wear either of the two Montgomery tartans otherwise. There are many other tartans that I like much better but none represent my clan. I guess it's sort of like gang colors, or team colors, or branch colors(for us army officers) in a way. That's why I have so many things in Green and Yellow(University of Oregon) and Light Blue (The Infantry color). That's just my view of things and I don't expect anyone to feel the same. That being said I like it when people wear the Montgomery tartan just because they like it. It makes me feel good that someone would find our tartan visually atractive.

You're not alone, majdan, in your sentiments. For me, the kilt is about clan and heritage as well; whilst there are some other clan's tartans that I really like (Mackenzie of Seaforth), I just can't bring myself to do it.

Of course, the district tartan is always a good choice, especially for a second kilt -- either the district your family came from, or the state/province where they settled.

Regards,

Todd