A Multitude of Photographical Examples of How I approach Traditional Highland Dress

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Piper, Matt Pantaleoni and I at a local Tartan Day celebration. I am wearing a lovat blue jacket and waistcoat, Macpherson red ancient kilt, animal mask sporran, lovat blue hose, plain brogues from Loake, plain navy Balmoral, and have my cromach. Matt wears the Murray of Atholl tartan though he owns several kilts in different tartans. He's of Italian descent, obviously, and is an extraordinary piper, piping instructor, and mate. He travels to Scotland every summer to compete all around Scotland. He has also competed in London for the Bratach Gorm (the blue banner).

I think your friend there is not wearing the Murray of Atholl tartan. Here is a detail of the tartan.


Note the red stripe appears on every other blue ground and every green ground. This is not the case with his kilt.

The kilt looks to me to be the Armstrong tartan, which is one I also wear.