as said above, most of us will hire one, i do, the last one was a dress gordon, 1, beacuse i liked the colour (i like a green tartan), 2, my grandfather fought with them in WW1, the other choice they had, Ranger FC, Celtic FC (my team), flower of scotland and another 2 that i cant remember, so the choice was limited.

my surname is linked to the angus district tartan (not long found out about it), no clan for me from there, but my paternal grt, grt gran was a mcnicol, my mothers name is a sept of fraser of lovat, i'm sure my brother was married in that, a bit bright for me, which was also hired & her mum was a bell.

my dad has his own kilt, which is a mcbeth (i think), i think he got that because he liked the colours