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Originally Posted by Mipi View Post
I can't get one thing out of my mind.

This tartan looks so very much like modern commercial tartans, but I guess I'm wrong. please, correct me.




I suspect the tartan Mipi has seen is actually the Burberry one, rather than Thompson Camel. There has been a long and complicated, and indeed legal story about the two tartans. Burberry having lots of money and power seemed to think that it had the right to stop production of the Thompson Camel, but of course it didn't!
for more info read this?Burberry and Thompson Camel
Indeed. There is a distinct "similarity" between Thomson Camel and the Burberry Check. The article is a good source. Another good discussion was an old thread I started about the difference between the two. If you click on the link you can see an image of both, side-by-side for ease of comparison.

So as you can see, this particular kilt has been on my mind for quite some time now, and only now have I finally been able to act on my desire to own one.

Cross-link to the old (closed) discussion thread: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ictions-46020/

The fact is not lost on me that there are certain negative connotations associated with Burberry-themed products, and by extension this has enveloped Thomson Camel products as well. However I refuse to let that dissuade me.

Perhaps it's time to take back the tartan from the neds and chavs. lol In any event, we don't have that same problem in Japan. There are other brands associated with the so-called "yankis." (The Japanese equivalent of a chav, and having little to do with the use of the word "yankee" -- the word was borrowed from American English: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yanki). Burberry is certainly A brand worn by such people, but it is by no means THE brand. Louis Vuitton is probably much more the brand of choice here for group (self)-identification.

Anyway. I digress. Thank you all for the kind comments. :-)