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Great entry. Funny and informative.

I was at a wedding a few months ago to which the groom and his friends and family - being Sciottish - wore kilts. My wee cousin came alopng to see everyone coming out of the church and thought it was hilarious that there were "boys in skirts".

Thank you, thank you!

Dai now has 2, he loves wearing them so much (last seen on New Years Eve)

Sorry, all yours, honey! It does look good tho'!

Well done Beatrice. Great entry. I shall look out the info on Tartan next week while I'm holiday.

*Just thought of a load of new guide entries I need to rattle off first... *



MMF

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There must a phenomenal number of types of Tartan out there. Wonder how many people get their Tartan for weddings or do the just pick one to match the bridesmaids?

Theoretically a tartan can, or should, only be worn by a Clan member, or a member of an associated Sept.

The Tartans that are available for the General Public are the Royal Stuart, (the popular red with green, white and black check patterns) and the Black Watch (the dark green tartan with black check).

The Black watch is alleged to be the first tartan to be 'created' and dyed using Aniline, or 'synthetic' dyes as opposed to 'natural' dyes.

The ethos for Tartan-wearing was re-created by the Victorians but the 'Clan' tradition seems to have faltered and now appears to be available to anyone, whether entitled or not.

MMF

Well are there special criteria to be entitled? Or can anyone whose surname is McDonald or whose mother was a McDonald wear the McDonald tartan?

If you have an affiliation to the McDonalds then you can wear that tartan.

Was chatting a guy on New Years Eve who had a kilt in Rangers tartan...

Oh dear goodness no......

Not pretty. Especially if there are a few Celtic fans there.

Great entry. I now need an excuse to wear my McLeod of Harris kilt. Not many Scots weddings in Germany!

I can imagine that there wouldn't be. But you could always wear it to parties and stuff. Would make a great talking point. Break the ice amd all that.

I wore it once at a medieval market and then went to a regular shopping mall afterwards with it on. Quite a few open mouths and confused kids in Hamburg that day.

Nowadays I know plenty of people who wear kilts despite having little or no known celtic ancestry. My guitarist has several, one of my favourites is in standard british green camouflage print in heavy thick cotton, another is in a pleasantly textured heavy black cotton. I've seen a couple in leather but dont think they have such an attractive fall and swing as fabric.

Long live the Kilt as a real menswear option, no matter what or who you are.