Scott Red Tartan Shirt

[Riverkilt]

L.L. Bean is offering a $30 routine flannel shirt, but in the Scott Red tartan. Pretty routine shirt, but its the first time I've seen the Scott tartan in a shirt. Nice to wear with a solid colored kilt or even (gasp) them other lower garments lowlanders wear.

www.llbean.com and search for Tartan or Scott.

I bought one just for the clan heritage aspect of having one. Its nice and washed up well.

Also a nice gimmick to get family members interested in clan heritage. I emailed my sibs and cousins about it and already one niece is ordering one.

Ron

[Ozark Ridge Rider]

Looks good. Thanks Ron. I'm sure the wife will be ordering one. She'll tailor it a bit if they don't have ladies.

Dan

[Sammac]

Thanks, Ron. I will be putting it on my Christmas list and telling my cousins as well.

[Paul]

Shirt looks good but the shop describes it's pyjamas as being "Scotch"
I wonder if they're alcoholic?

Also - these pyjamas claim to have the Campbell Tartan as a style... it looks nothing like any of the Campbell tartans I've seen.

[Sammac]

Shirt looks good but the shop describes it's pyjamas as being "Scotch"
I wonder if they're alcoholic?

Also - these pyjamas claim to have the Campbell Tartan as a style... it looks nothing like any of the Campbell tartans I've seen.

It looks like Dress Campbell which the chief does not reconize, Ancient Campbell is the only tartan reconized as official.

[Riverkilt]

Well, if I remember correctly, LL Bean plays fast and loose with tartans. Believe there was a controversy over the State of Maine tartan - they finally relabled it the LL Bean tartan. The "Scotch" error has appeared in their catalogs for years and they seem well aware its there and reluctant to correct it.

I was just posting about the Scott Red tartan for my Scott cousins. Pretty much ignored the other tartans since had no interest.

Ron

[macwilkin]

Well, if I remember correctly, LL Bean plays fast and loose with tartans. Believe there was a controversy over the State of Maine tartan - they finally relabled it the LL Bean tartan. The "Scotch" error has appeared in their catalogs for years and they seem well aware its there and reluctant to correct it.

I was just posting about the Scott Red tartan for my Scott cousins. Pretty much ignored the other tartans since had no interest.

Ron

Ron, that is incorrect. LL Bean did not label the Maine tartan as their proprietary tartan, but rather reproduced the Maine tartan as a shirt and were sued by the current holders of the copyright. Matt Newsome wrote two excellent articles explaining the particulars here:

http://www.albanach.org/restricted.htm

http://blog.albanach.org/2007/03/no-...te-tartan.html

It is my understanding that the designers actually demanded that the image of the tartan be covered up or removed from Smith and Teall's book on district tartans. In this case, I'm on the Bean's side.

The Bean tartan looks nothing like the Maine tartan. In fact, someone posted an image of a pair of Bean Wellies in the Bean tartan here.

T.

[Riverkilt]

Thanks for that clarification Todd...one more testiment to my aging rapidly.

Ron

[macwilkin]

Thanks for that clarification Todd...one more testiment to my aging rapidly.

Ron

No worries, Ron. I have those moments (more frequently) at 35!

T.

[ScottInNewHampshire]

Thanks Cousin. I live very close to Freeport. Might be worth a trip up.

Scott (still my LAST name but used everyday as my FIRST name)