Hello, Luna and welcome to Xmarksthescot. I should start by congratulating you for helping dress your husband in that most manly of garments...the kilt. I should point out a couple of things about correctness" and authenticity. Traditionally, wearing a family or clan tartan is a symbolic gesture of a blood tie or allegience to that family or clan. The most appropriate tartan to wear would be the one carried down the male side of the family. IF you are concerned about "correctness", tradition would dictate that a husband does not wear the wifes family tartan. The wife would wear the husbands family tartan. If it sounds a bit chauvinistic, it probably is. If there is no family tartan on the husbands side, there hundreds of "open" tartans and district tartans that are appropriate for anyone to wear. Some clans and families have more than one tartan and these tartans can be woven with bright or muted dyes which are generally appropriate for all kilts. I should point out that there are "dress" versions of many tartans where one of the main colors has been replaced with white, and these are usually considered best reserved for "dress" (formal) occassions. "Modern" tartans are woven with bright dyes. Ancient or O/C (old color) tartans are woven with muted colors to mimic old natural dyes. "Hunting" tartans tend to sport darker colors with less "flash". All make wonderfull kilts. If you decide to abandon tradition, correctness, etc., and ignore all of the aforementioned...pick a tartan that you like. (some might consider it bad taste to wear a tartan of the British Royal Family) The best website I've found on tartans can be found here....

http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/

Does this answer your questions at all??