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View Poll Results: Which is the most aesthetically pleasing and suitable for my new kilt?

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  • Design A

    21 67.74%
  • Design B

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  • Design C

    10 32.26%
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    Tartan Design Feedback

    Hello, Folks.

    I've worked up three tartan designs for my upcoming wedding. I would appreciate any feedback that the Rabble might offer. I have a favourite but some objective and experienced eye would be much appreciated.

    Thank you very much.

    Design A



    Design B



    Design C

    The Official [BREN]

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    Design A by a long way. It has a much more traditional feel about it which I particularly like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    Design A by a long way. It has a much more traditional feel about it which I particularly like.
    I agree. A nice mix of WOB's Common Kilt and Strachan.

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    Unlike many formal wedding gowns, this kilt can be worn again and again after the vows are given.

    This is your big event though, so I would go with sample A. You'll wear the evidence (like a wedding band represents) of your wedding and can brag as people notice the tartan.

    I like sample C for everyday use. The middle pattern seems a bit busy with smaller blocks of the greens and blues divided by the white lines.

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    Gee, maybe I can have a second (actually more like fifth) career as a highly-paid "tartoonist". It's a lot easier on your knees than building sails. My favorite changes from minute to minute, but seeing them in context like this I kind of like C best. A is obviously the boldest. C is a bit more subtle, kind of like my Strathisla kilt, where from a distance you see a dark kilt with a light overcheck. Then when you get closer you start to see the complexity underneath, and B strikes me as being somewhere in the middle. Sett sizes are guestimated and may not be entirely accurate.


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    Thanks to Todd I voted C
    I just like it

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    I have to agree. Thanks to Todd's pictures, I like C. But, you won't go wrong with any of the designs.

    Holcombe

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    What's a relief to my eye is that both your designs are attenuated, with broad expanses and narrow linework.

    This was common, I think, in the old days. Most tartans designed nowadays strike me as being overly bulky.

    I voted for A. I think it's the best-balanced.

    All three are miles better than the vast majority of the ungainly ill-balanced clumsy stuff I see people designing nowadays.
    Last edited by OC Richard; 21st May 16 at 06:19 AM.
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

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