Quote Originally Posted by Dixiecat View Post
I also found a few clans that recognise the dress variant of their tartan.
Fraser: www.fraserchief.co.uk/tartans.html
Lady Saltoun's comments are very interesting:

"I myself would only wear the ones I have illustrated in my website, and on public occasions only the common ones. I do wear Fraser Gathering tartan (after I had a considerable hand in designing it!), but generally only in private, because I wear my tartan to be instantly recognisable. I personally intensely dislike most white or yellow ground tartans and would not be seen dead in them! But that does not mean that others should not wear them if they wish to do so.

Incidentally, when I was young, dress tartans were red ground as a rule and Hunting tartans were green or brown ground ( for camouflage out on the hill). Now they call white ground tartans "Dress" and red just red. I objected to this when designing the Fraser Gathering tartan, but was informed that I was quite wrong, so meekly gave in, but I still believe that I am right and they are wrong!
So if you want to wear one of the less well known ones, go ahead, but be aware of the pitfalls!"