How Did You Select Your First Kilt?

[CollinMacD]

Mine was my Family Linage, MacDonald Clanranald. I was fortunate as I was already familiar with my family Tartan and my grandfather had his Kilt from the turn of the 19th Century he got when he turned 18 years old. However, I felt it very important to obtain my Military Service Tartan on a kilt and just got a beautiful US Coast Guard 16 Ounce Kilt, that allowed me to join Scottish American Military Society (SAMS), and participate with them on ceremonies in the Washington DC area. Just recently, my wife wanted something different besides the Clanranald tartans, so sine my entire Father's side of my family comes from Nova Scotia, she got the Nova Scotia Provincial Tartan on a skirt and sash.

There a tartans for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, and even Dentists. You have many options, including if you have the resources you can design your own and register it.... There is no real rule, if you like a certain family tartan, wear it, you don't have to be related to that clan, but normally that is the case, but no hardfast rules apply. Many universal or fashion tartans to choose from too.

Tartan is the easy part, next part is making sure you get and wear the correct and proper accessories. You will find much talk about white hose, correct or not, the correct sporran, when to wear a dirk, never wear a belt with a waistcoast, and on and on. This is the best place you can find to get correct information from some of the most well informed people in the Scottish world.

Best of luck and let us know what you choose. Getting the Navy and Army good choices...