Wearing kilts of other tartans than your clans.

[Hillwalker]

I agree with georgeblack7. “I only wear things that I am associated with”.

I currently only have one kilt, and that one is a Clan MacLaren Tartan. I bought that one because my mother’s maiden name is Lowe, and that surname is accepted by the North American Clan MacLaren Association. I have heard on both sides of my family that we were Scottish, as well as English and Irish. It is hard to trace everything all the way back because both sides have been in America for over 300 years. I am related to about 5 other Scottish family surnames as well. But since my mother primarily raised me, I chose the MacLaren in her honor.

In the future I hope to have more than just the one that I presently own. However, I will only buy the tartans of the clans which surnames I am related. Except for the Georgia State Tartan because I was born there and I will always consider that my home, or maybe the US Army Tartan because I served in that branch of the military.

However, these are my opinions only. We live in a free country so in the end you can do what you want.

[Detroitpete]

My brother and I played a game over email once--Name ALL the possible tartans that we seperately and collectively have a bloodline or service connection to. I admit that counting great aunts and great-great grandmothers led us down some interesting paths (Scots, Irish, Welsh). Throw in the universals we have a tie to and it can get pretty interesting as well. At the end of all we could handle we each came up with more than a legal page full.

Long and short of it---those are what we told ourselves we COULD wear. I wear my clan tartan and the tartan from the branch of the military I served in. I'd wear my state tartan once it became approved. I like my clan tartan and have a few kilts of it. So maybe I COULD wear a ton of others, but I'm satisfied.

[SFCRick]

I was wondering how long it would be before I saw Riverkilts photo posted, all the way to post # 62 this time Looking good Ron

[Phil E. Begg]

I have several; by name I have a Lamont (weathered) tank; by descent I have more Lowries, Lowerys, and Lowreys than anything else, so I have a Gordon... then I found out, just this summer, that one line of the Lowreys comes down through Major George Lowrey, who was also known as Agin Agi'li (Rising Fawn), who seems to have been a member of the Holly Clan of the Cherokee, and cousin to Sequoyah.

Anybody know the tartan for the Holly Clan?


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Phil

[auld argonian]

Anybody know the tartan for the Holly Clan?


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Phil

Holly-rood?

...sorry...I couldn't resist...

Best

AA

[Carolina Kiltman]

I have several; by name I have a Lamont (weathered) tank; by descent I have more Lowries, Lowerys, and Lowreys than anything else, so I have a Gordon... then I found out, just this summer, that one line of the Lowreys comes down through Major George Lowrey, who was also known as Agin Agi'li (Rising Fawn), who seems to have been a member of the Holly Clan of the Cherokee, and cousin to Sequoyah.

Anybody know the tartan for the Holly Clan?


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Phil

In this area, the Lumbees have Lowery as one of the more common names for members of the tribe also. . . . makes life interesting don't it?

[Smayniac]

My current kilts are a Black Watch variant and a muted brown fashion from Sportkilt. My celtic lineage is actually Irish; when people ask my clan, I say I'm showing celtic solidarity. Now that I've been wearing for a while, I probably wouldn't wear colors I'm not entitled to by lineage, although I will continue to wear Black Watch.

As it happens, my Xkilt, in progress, will be what I'm now choosing to call "Weathered Saffron", but I didn't come up with the name until after reading this and the Irish kilt threads here.

Bob

[Bugbear]

I don't see why one can't have a connection to a fashion tartan if it's named for or represents something that's significant in one's life. Other than one's family tartan that is.

[Tommy Hunt]

Just as I claim to have a connection to a clan, I claim a connection to the tartan of that clan. To wear another's tartan would be for me to claim a connection to it which would be false. It is this reason I could not wear the tartan of a clan I wasn't connected too. It would diminish my claim of relationship to my clan and the wearing of my own clan's tartan. For me that's one of the beauties of the Kilt and one that isn't found in normal western dress. The connection, through clothing, to our family history and more broadly to the role our families played in the struggle of an entire country. It's very exciting and demands of me respect.

[Bugbear]

On the other hand, Hamish has almost a hundred kilts, and many of them are different tartans...

Perhaps it's not that bad. * Shrugs *