Tartan Types and Purposes:

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Jimmy,

A question/observation.

I recently read a book on Scottish history which indicated that the registration of tartan came with industrialization. Prior, when it was a cottage industry, people wore what ever they wanted and in some cases the louder the better.

Comments?

Casey

I read somewhere a snippet from the journal of a sales agent for a large mill that sold tartan to the Highlands. This was a few years before 1745. He said that sales were brisk and the young men seemed to fancy red tartans that year!