Would YOU wear another "clan's" tartan?

[Micric]

I'm brand new here and don't have a kilt (yet!)
but when I get one, it could be one of about six tartans with family/district connections, or maybe something completely different!
Having just read "So you're going to wear the kilt" it sort of puts the kybosh on many family tartans, showing them to be a rather modern idea, and also mentions the term "Sept" being merely the Irish word for "Clan".
This also squashes the somewhat tenuous family connections to clans we tend to call "septs"
This, together with the old paintings of generations of Scottish Lairds, each generation in a different tartan, or wearing more than one at a time, tends to lead me to take the old (Inverness I think) kiltmakers advice;
"wear whatever tartan you like!...after all there are no tartan police!"

It would appear that the late Victorian period put many of the constraints on what we can and cannot wear, and in former times things were much more relaxed and enjoyable.
...and "relaxed and enjoyable" appeals to me!!
As a proviso I must add that any tartan worn would be with respect.

May I also say here how I have enjoyed learning from this forum!

Best,
Richard.

[jhockin]

I am voting "wear any tartan - if I like it".
As our own Matt Newsome says, in his article "Generations of Highland Dress" : "Even today, there are no rules or regulations dictating Highland fashion or tartan choice. The most “traditional” thing you can do is to select a tartan based on its appearance rather than its name!"

[wildrover]

I wouldn't wear any "unique" article of clothing to which I had no connection, kilts included. IE I won't be traipsing around with a brass plate stuck to the back of my head, nor embroidered denim hanging at mid-thigh, no boat shoes with draped sweaters, and so forth.

...But that is just me, and there's a good chance that in the future, "connection" might be as simple as "yeah, a buddy of mine got a kilt in this tartan, and I thought it was cool so I got one too."

Maybe even get one the MacEvil tartan.

-Sean