Pride of Pride parades

**Taffy Jack** · 29th August 17, 10:25 AM

Curious to know the Rabble's thoughts on this recently registered tartan:

https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...ails?ref=11871

**Taskr** · 29th August 17, 10:40 AM

Its quite colourful but none more so than, say, Wounded Warrior. Pleating should have some good and varied options. Its unfortunate weaving is restricted as that might lessen its being worn; not that designers don't deserve compensation for their art, time and effort.

**48HofC** · 29th August 17, 10:51 AM

I am actually surprised it took this long for someone to do this. Business wise it's brilliant because now anyone who designs a tartan based on a LGBT theme will need to be careful not to infringe as this is seemingly the first. It might turn out quite lucrative for the designer.

**Tobus** · 29th August 17, 11:26 AM

I thought it would have more rainbowy colours...

**WalesLax** · 29th August 17, 12:14 PM

I think it is a great idea, but as others have stated, this isn't the look I would have anticipated. On the register, it states"...his tartan is based on the New York City tartan and incorporates the variety of bright colours used to identify that movement around the world." I would like to have heard more about those colors and their meanings. I'm always intrigued by the "why's" and the connections.

As someone who pipes in a number of pride and/or gay-rights parades, I wouldn't imagine this is going to be a huge seller. While kilts are quite popular at them, wool is probably not going to be the most conducive material to wear to them as my experience has always been that they are in hot, humid weather (and that is in NY and Chicago).

Not the greatest picture (because who wears pants under a kilt), but the utilikilt with rainbow inside the pleats is probably my favorite.

Final comment - if this gets more people into a kilt, I think it is fantastic and a success.

Rob

**Steve Ashton** · 29th August 17, 12:45 PM

Not really the first - The Tartan of Pride is SRT #5684. Designed back in 2008.

There was another designed back in 1999 which was called Rainbow.

Then, a year later, an asymmetrical design by the same designer was registered. Now called Rainbow Kilt.

There are also Rainbow of Ft. Worth and Way of the rainbow.

Hamish, The Kilted Legend, had this made by Howie Nickelsby back in 2001.

**Taskr** · 29th August 17, 01:01 PM

Tartan of Pride looks better, IMO..and no restrictions

**derosa** · 29th August 17, 01:26 PM

Really not impressed by it, the utilikilt version expresses the idea far better; really lame its restricted as that makes it seem more like someone trying to cash in rather then uplift.