Quote Originally Posted by seanachie View Post
This comment made me think, too, the Registry would do well to have a designation other than Fashion tartan for these. Perhaps just me but I draw a negative from that. Heritage, one that came right to the front of my mind, or something else would seem a better fit to me.
'Fashion tartan' is a term that has been used for quite a while (the National Register did not invent it) to mean any tartan that was designed and produced for the trade, but does not have any formal authority behind it. It is not meant to be derogatory, but simply to distinguish these tartans from those that have the formal approval of whatever/whomever the appropriate authority might be (clan chief, city council, CEO, state legislature, club president, etc.).