First Highland Games outfit advice

[OC Richard]

I think Black Watch is the closest to Murray tartan.

Yes, Murray has the Black Watch basis including the "double track" motif, with the addition of red lines.

Especially since you're going to be at the Clan Murray booth I would think that the number one priority item would be a kilt in Murray tartan. You'll be hanging around with the various Clan people, and they know their tartans!

For anyone who knows tartan, a Black Watch kilt will be perceived as a Black Watch kilt, or a Clan Campbell kilt, because Clan Campbell has long used the Black Watch tartan as one of their own.

Personally I would put off all other Highland Dress expenditures until I got my nice wool Clan tartan kilt, if I were representing my Clan at Highland Games.

Just for reference, here are Murrays at the Murray tent at a US Highland Games, showing the sorts of dress one typically sees here.



Note the golf shirts embroidered with logos, and the military-style shirt. It looks like the pirate/Jacobite shirt is also embroidered.