The Declaration Tartan

[S.S.Muldoon]

I like it!

But then again, I LOVE MacLeod of Lewis, too. I'd wear it in a heartbeat. Too bad it'll be forgotten within a year or so.

[OC Richard]

Too bad it'll be forgotten within a year or so.

You never know! Isle of Skye is a modern design and due to its sheer beauty became one of the most popular kilt hire tartans and is widely worn many years later.

Scotland 2000 is a tartan with a seemingly limited purpose yet it can be seen at many Games being worn by pipe bands 15 years after the millennium.

[OC Richard]

I like the inclusion of heraldic themes.

Yes the Allen Brothers 'tartan as heraldry' idea is alive and well nearly 200 years on!

[cj7ox]

I like the tartan design from a visual perspective, and appreciate the thought and symbolism that was built in. I don't think it's a color comination that would look good on me, however. Hopefully it gains enough popularity to last.

[OC Richard]

The thing that can make a tartan stick around for decades is if some Pipe Band adopts it.

Kitting out a Pipe Band is a massive investment and bands tend to keep their tartan, once adopted, for 20 years or more.

Especially if the band is a high-visibility one, in Grade One, the tartan gets a load of exposure and sooner or later other bands might adopt it.

So 20 or 30 years from now this Declaration tartan might be a common sight at a large number of Games, if one or more bands go for it.

It's a good band tartan, by the way. It behooves Pipe Bands to adopt tartans with striking colours and bold contrasts, because band tartans are viewed en masse and at distance.

[JohntheBiker]

I rather like it, particularly the colour palette. Less enthusiastic about all of the gradient lines and I think that the symbolism is overly complicated. Would I wear it, probably. Would I buy it, highly unlikely.