Regional themes

[Swampthing]

I thought it might be interesting to start a thread about incorporating
things such as local textiles, symbols, and styles into ones outfit.

For example, as a Floridian (and that means I'm also a Southerner),
I might place some feathers of the Florida scrub jay in my bonnet,
or perhaps wear a sporran made from the hide of an American alligator.
Maybe I'll wear a shirt or kilt made of some material that's popular in the South.

I think you get the idea.

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

I will wear a raccoon full mask sporran that I have.

[HeathBar]

I might place some feathers of the Florida scrub jay in my bonnet

You might want to check your laws on this one. Especially is this is your state bird. I wouldn't want to run into any Florida W&F officers wearing these.

[Swampthing]

It is endemic to Florida, but not the state bird,
our state bird is actually the Mockingbird.
as far as I know, it's conservation status is 'vulnerable.'
So far, I haven't seen anything about their feathers.

[Wompet]

In memory of my last dog, I commissioned Turpin to make a full mask woodchuck sporran.
If I had the time (and a loom), I would like to dye some wool with dyes made from local materials, and then weave it into tartan yardage.

[Swampthing]

Wompet, I did not explain this well, what I'm trying to say is:
Themes based on one's area, Scottish diaspora merging their local tradition and culture with Scottish tradition.
My bad.

Why didn't I just that earlier? *facepalm*

[macwilkin]

I wear a replica Iowa veteran's badge as a kilt pin on my Iowa tartan kilt, in honour of my g-g-great grandfather, who served with Crocker's Iowa Brigade in the Civil War.

The badge simply says "Iowa".

Regards,

Todd

[Nighthawk]

I wear the Colorado state tartan kilt. I have a dirk made entirely of locally harvested material (except for the blade). One of these days, I'll find a hunter with some hair-on deer hide leather that I can use to make a sporran. I already have some bunny hide that I'm using. It should be done this weekend. Is that the kind of thing we're talking about? I am a proud Colorado Scot- American Highlander! I may have to get some mountain pictures taken tomorrow of me in my Colorado kilt. I'll post them in this thread.

[Bugbear]

* I should start all my posts with, "I rarely wear a kilt." *
I wear a Buzz Kidder canvas kilt which has ties to Arizona. It is also 100% cotton. Not the best kilt material wrinkle wise, but that's cotton. My family has ties to cotton farming, and I have plenty of childhood memories of that.

I have a bear paw pin made by a Zuni artist, in Zuni sterling overlay style, that I put on a swatch of Bear tartan and wear as a kilt pin with the cotton kilt (or it could be used as a cap badge). All of this has multiple layers of deep regional and personal meaning that is tied to New Mexico and Arizona, and my life.

I'll... leave out the details.

[ziggy]

If it wasn't that our provincial tartan was ugly as sin, I'd consider it. Otherwise...local imagery.....hmmmm....