I'm a late joiner to this thread, so here's my 2 schillings...

After my initial kilt purchase of two clan tartans (Gunn and Macduff), my kilt collection seems to be growing more according to color than anything else. I just ordered a USA Kilts Douglas Modern casual in small part because I do have some Douglas in my family, but in larger part because I don't have anything green or in a blue that's not really dark.

My other kilts are SWK Night Stalker (black); SportKilt Hunting (gray and dark dreen), SWK Black Watch, and SWK Black Stewart. So, the Douglas purchase was just as much a function of color as anything else. I didn't have that color and I look good in that color so I bought it.

I used to think universal tartans were the red-headed stepchild of the kilt world, but as I've spent time here, that's changed. I wouldn't wear shirts in just one or two colors; why should I do it with my kilts? I'm not going to bail out on a tartan just because it was created by a woman in a wool mill in 1997. If I like it and I can afford it and I can order it without my wife finding out, I will.