Pink Kilt...?

**Nighthawk** · 10th December 07, 10:09 PM

I second the Nightstalker idea! I have one, and it looks great with EVERYTHING! It's not especially my favorite tartan, but it makes for a great formalwear kilt.

**Archangel** · 11th December 07, 10:49 AM

What about the shade of pink on a cummerbund?

Seems to me that showed up in a Shriner photo.

**Shawnesse** · 17th December 07, 07:02 AM

I have a Crawford ancient Kilt. I will be getting married in it. Mine is more red than pink in it. I will post pics after the cermony(sp?)

**Jennifer D** · 21st December 07, 05:40 PM

The fellas here know more than I do but when I planned my wedding everything I read said that a tartan is considered a neutral when planning colors so the women can wear whatever they want. That said, I like the idea of using pink for the flowers and maybe the flashes.

**Rex_Tremende** · 27th December 07, 05:07 PM

How are the deliberations going? Apparently I have too much time on my hands - thumbing through tartans at Scotweb Store, stumbled on this one, Fiona:

Regards,
Rex.

**Nearly McGurk** · 23rd January 08, 02:23 PM

As recently married lass, this post strikes a cord. I've heard so many bride's dictate or 'request with force' that there partners should wear a certain thing or colour (with pink i really hate this). I hate it when i bride says 'Your kilt should match the theme'. There's so much more to a kilt that aesthetics! Traditionally a wedding would be full of many colours of kilt as each guest would be wearing their tartan. Kilts don't have to match, there meaning is more important than that! I wanted a red and ivory wedding, which i got, but McGurk was in a green, white and yellow tartan because it was appropriate to his heritage (an mine coincidentally).

I really hope this person is doing this because he wants to, not because he feel he has to. I hate the theory it's the brides day. Two people get wed, not one! Not everything HAS to co-ordinate! If he wears something he doesn't really like he'll look back on photos with regret, which isn't fair. I really hope this man is doing it because he genuinely wants to. If i had ever indicated i wanted McGurk to do as i wished kilt wise i'd be ashamed of myself. I get to choose my dress and colours, so should the groom!

Sorry for the rant, i just talk to so many brides with a 'It's my day attitude' and i don't like it. I really hope that isn't what's happening here. Men, you do have a right to the wedding outfit you adore too!

**highlander_Daz** · 23rd January 08, 02:44 PM

what about archie the inventor?

**Clockwork John** · 23rd January 08, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Nearly McGurk

As recently married lass, this post strikes a cord. I've heard so many bride's dictate or 'request with force' that there partners should wear a certain thing or colour (with pink i really hate this). I hate it when i bride says 'Your kilt should match the theme'. There's so much more to a kilt that aesthetics! Traditionally a wedding would be full of many colours of kilt as each guest would be wearing their tartan. Kilts don't have to match, there meaning is more important than that! I wanted a red and ivory wedding, which i got, but McGurk was in a green, white and yellow tartan because it was appropriate to his heritage (an mine coincidentally).

I really hope this person is doing this because he wants to, not because he feel he has to. I hate the theory it's the brides day. Two people get wed, not one! Not everything HAS to co-ordinate! If he wears something he doesn't really like he'll look back on photos with regret, which isn't fair. I really hope this man is doing it because he genuinely wants to. If i had ever indicated i wanted McGurk to do as i wished kilt wise i'd be ashamed of myself. I get to choose my dress and colours, so should the groom!

Sorry for the rant, i just talk to so many brides with a 'It's my day attitude' and i don't like it. I really hope that isn't what's happening here. Men, you do have a right to the wedding outfit you adore too!

I agree with you completely. Part of the reason I married my wife is because she feels exacly the same way. It was great planning our wedding together, deciding what we wanted, and making our day what we wanted it to be.

My brother's wedding is still in the planning stages, no date has been set, and he's still throwing ideas around. His wife to be is pretty reasonable... he'sthe one insisting on a pink kilt. I'm still trying to sell him on the Nightstalker idea, or on a proper Campbell kilt... We'll see what he decides.

**Thistle Stop** · 23rd January 08, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Crusty

My brother is getting married sometime next year, and he wants to wear a kilt. We're Campbells, and she's a Stewart, so a kilted wedding would be most appropriate. However, pink is going to be one of the primary colors for the wedding, and he asked me to see if I could find a tartan that was pink or had pink in it. The only one I've been able to find is the Mary, Queen of Scots tartan...

Any thoughts?

Hi Crusty, we had a thread on this once before, which you can find here.

Here are all the tartans with pink or a pinkish colour in them that Lochcarron produce: Aberdeen, Ancient Baird, Ancient Bruce of Kinnaird, Weathered Buchan, Buchanan Old Weathered, Ancient Cameron Hunting, Ancient Davidson Clan, Ancient Dundee Old, Weathered Fraser Hunting, Weathered Fraser Red, Glasgow, Ancient Gordon Red, Weathered Gordon Red, Weathered Grant, Weathered Gunn, Weathered Guthrie, Weathered Kennedy, Ancient Lindsay, Weathered Lochaber, Weathered Lochcarron Hunting, Weathered MacDonald Clan, Ancient MacDuff Hunting, Weathered MacFarlane, Ancient MacGregor Hunting, Ancient MacKinlay, Weathered MacLachlan, Weathered MacLean of Duart, Weathered MacLeod of Harris, Weathered MacNaughton, Weathered Ross Hunting, Weathered Scott Green, Ancient Shaw Tordarroch Hunting, Ancient Shaw Tordarroch Red, Weathered Stewart Dress, Stirling & Bannockburn, Ancient Taylor, Manitoba, Maple Leaf, and Ontario.
House of Edgar produce these tartans with a pinkish element: Cameron of Erracht Ancient, Cameron of Lochiel Hunting Muted, Campbell of Cawdor Ancient, Chisholm Hunting Ancient, Cumming Hunting Ancient, Davidson Ancient, Duncan Modern, Farquharson Ancient, Fraser Hunting Ancient, Galbraith/Russell/Mitchell Ancient, Gordon Red Ancient, Robertson Hunting Ancient, Stewart of Atholl Ancient, Stewart Dress Muted, Wilson Ancient.

Some of the 'pink' stripes in the tartans listed are more of a coral, raspberry, fuschia, rose, or other related hue, rather than a true pink -- the ones in boldface are the 'pinkest'. I put the Campbell and Stewart tartans with a pinkish stripe in italics. In many of these tartans, the pink stripe is quite a minor element, but it does tend to stand out against most backgrounds.

Tell your brother: Before ordering a made-to-measure kilt, be sure to get a swatch of the material in the weight you want for your kilt, as colours can be a bit different across the same tartan sett and colourway in different weights. They are quite different from one weaving house to another. The other notable tartan weavers include Strathmore, Marton Mills, and N. Batley, but I'm not familiar enough with their ranges to tell you what they offer with pink in it. Most of these mills, as well as D.C. Dalgliesh, can weave something to order for you, but a minimum yardage of at least 10 metres (double width -- more than enough for 2 kilts) usually applies. You'd need to go through a Scottish imports shop or kiltmaker to order tartan from any of the mills.

Slainte,

Cyndi

**Alan H** · 24th January 08, 02:30 AM

You could hunt for a random pink tartan online and make knockaround kilts for the wedding, or even tartan X-Kilts. They go together fast, will work OK for a non-formal wedding and an X-Kilt won't break the bank if the thing is unwearable afterwards.... which I suspect it might be.

the groomsmen can give them to sew-savvy wives and girlfriends who can pull out a mess of pleats and narrow the over-apron and call them skirts.

Random Pink Tartan on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PINK-GREY-TART...QQcmdZViewItem

I actually like that....Huh.. I'd probably wear that. It's a twill weave, though it's not worsted, not a "kilt finish" at all but it'd probably be OK. It's 3 meters long and 155 cm wide, so plenty for a 6-yard-plus kilt. Might look pretty reasonable.

You could also go solid-color

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-Y-100-ORGANIC...QQcmdZViewItem

Personally I'd not be caught dead in an X-Kilt made out of that stuff and if my bride asked me to wear it I'd tell her that I loved her to pieces but No. But that's me. Banging out 4 X-kilts in solid pink would work, or if you don't like X-Kilts just make simple knife-pleated knockaround casual kilts. Sounds like a great project for the maid of honor and her mother..