MacMillan modern black tartan

[george7]

http://www.tartans.scotland.net/atoz...letter=mac.htm
There are a bunch of options. This site seems to be the authority on tartans.

[george7]

This one is my favorite of the options.

[Bugbear]

Speaking of bunnies in the karrott patch, I want to think the MacMillan clan for their wonderful advice toward using corduroy for kilt jackets... and their kind treatment of a few mentaly ill members of this forum. So thank you James MacMillan and MacMillan of Rathdown , for your wonderful suggestions.

I'll go back to my gardening now.

I have completed the conversion of the brown corduroy jacket and waistcoat to go with the brown... bunny fur sporran for my daywear outfit. The MacMillan clan also advised me on the plans to put together a formal outfit.

So thanks again.

I have family members with connections to a sept of the MacMillan clan and that is why I keep an eye on the MacMillan clan threads... It's not just the bunny in the MacKarrot patch thing.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Here are two web sites that state they have MacMillan tartans, can you tell me if any of these are correct?

http://www.lindaclifford.com/MacMillan.html

http://www.macmillanclan.org/tartan.htm

Thank you,
Melinda

There are four M'Millan tartans: Ancient, Hunting, Dress, and the "Glasgow Clan Macmillan Society" tartan. Generally speaking, only the first three are worn by clanfolk these days, with MacMillan Hunting probably being the most popular.

These tartans can be woven in "modern", "old", or "weathered" tones, giving you a wide choice of colours while remaining faithful to the Clan (and the desires of our chief!).

Avoid "Black MacMillan" or any "MacMillan" variant tartan as this is most definitely NOT a MacMillan tartan. Georgeblack7 has posted a picture of the "black" MacMillan so you can't go astray!

Hope that answers your questions!

[Highlander31]

Thanks Todd, I had forgotten about the MacNeil Chief's statement (I use to receive their clan magazine when I was a member), but did not know about Clan Gregor.

Thanks again!

The Chief of the Clan MacGregor, Sir Malcolm MacGregor, has revised the list of authorized clan tartans. He has added the MacGregor Green tartan which is only to be worn by those who are competing (or have competed in Highland dancing.) He (Sir Malcolm) regards it "...as a badge of honour, knowing the stringent training and discipline that goes into these competitions."
http://www.clangregor.org/article-ourtartans2.html

[Carolina Kiltman]

As someone before me stated, I don't have a dog in this fight. In my clan, MacLaine of Lochbuie, there is a sept, the McFaddens (of various spellings!) and their tartan is listed on the Clan Webpage also another sept, MacCormack. Here is the Link: http://www.geocities.com/maclainelochbuie/main.html

[Fedgunner]

There are four M'Millan tartans: Ancient, Hunting, Dress, and the "Glasgow Clan Macmillan Society" tartan. Generally speaking, only the first three are worn by clanfolk these days, with MacMillan Hunting probably being the most popular.

These tartans can be woven in "modern", "old", or "weathered" tones, giving you a wide choice of colours while remaining faithful to the Clan (and the desires of our chief!).

Avoid "Black MacMillan" or any "MacMillan" variant tartan as this is most definitely NOT a MacMillan tartan. Georgeblack7 has posted a picture of the "black" MacMillan so you can't go astray!

Hope that answers your questions!

And so the difference is more obvious, she is wearing the recognozed MacMillan, I'm in the "black"

These are the pictures that brought the MacMillan issue to a head.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

And so the difference is more obvious, she is wearing the recognized MacMillan, I'm in the "black"

Glad to hear you are "in the black"; I'm still operating "in the red" since moving back to the 'States.

If you are referring to the attractive lady in the sun glasses, she seems to be wearing a sort of fashion tartan based on Macmillan Hunting. The horizontal yellow lines seem to be some sort "woven" or interlaced design, that do not match the vertical yellow stripes in her skirt. Attractive? Yes, but it's not Macmillan Hunting tartan.

This photo really shows the difference between Ancient MacMillan and "Black MacMillan", with just a dash of "Loud MacLeod"
in the background. The "Clan MacMillan Society of Glasgow" tartan "squares the sett" of Macmillan Ancient (making it easier to make into a kilt, which is why it was invented in the first instance) and the result is similar to "Black Mac".

[Dr Mac]

Nigel MacMillan, Chairman, Clan MacMillan, UK stated:

"The most authentic and long-lived MacMillan tartan is the Ancient, varying by the use of different dyes from near khaki to psychodelic, with most wearers opting for something in between. If any tartan is a true MacMillan, it is the Ancient, being readily identifiable in the McIan print.

The Dress. This sett is reputed to have been worn by Robert the Bruce, and passed to members of the Clan MacMillan. Being only red and yellow, it can be rather garish for ordinary day use, and is fairly uncommon.

The Hunting. In the 1890's this tartan was a new product, issuing from Baillie MacMillan's highland outfitting establishment in Partick. It did not really catch on until the late Chief, General Sir Gordon MacMillan, decided to dress all his family in it to make them easily identifiable from the rest of the clan who wore the Ancient. This idea rather collapsed when it became so very popular. The Hunting tartan is predominantly green with yellow and red lines. The green can vary with dyeing from a bluish mid green to almost black. (A very dark form emanates from North America)."

One side note: "Our late bard, Somerled MacMillan always maintained that the Buchanans, who at one stage were blood related to the MacMillans, added the white stripe to our tartan, and called it their own."

[ForresterModern]

I have a little MacMillan blood in me several generations back and was considering getting a kilt to honor that tie, specifically what now appears to be the "outlaw" MacMillan Black. Of the bunch I think it looks most classy. Now I am scratching my head wondering if I should still do it, or just scrap the whole idea. Not particularly fond of any of the other MacMillans as officially sanctioned by the chief, unfortunately.

Tough decisions---outlaw kilt or none at all. Hmmmm.