Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
... one wonders what would have happened if they hadn't foisted their fraud upon Scotland. Would the tartan craze ever have happened?
Almost certainly. I believe that the best a fraudster can do is take advantage of an opportunity. Clearly there was already romanticism among the people regarding tartans which the brothers were able to take advantage of. Had there been no desire to know more about tartans they would have had to find another scam. As to whether people might be wearing 'random' tartans, I doubt it was entirely random before and looking at some of the folks around here, I'd say they already have.