Kiltless

[mookien]

I hope you enjoy your time in China, have a great experience, drop in on the blog from time to time, and/or rejoin it upon your return.

While you're there you might want to look into those 3000 year old tartans they found in the western China desert on Caucasian mummies. Now that's exciting!

Slainte mhath and "sigh chen".

mookien (John)

[chrisupyonder]

I have heard that in Hong Kong you can have a tux made to measure in about an hour so maybe someone can make you a kilt

Chris.

[KiltedDixon]

Good luck!

[Mike_Oettle]

Well, Morris, enjoy your stay in Huzhou.
But it does seem rather far from Hong Kong. Hope you manage to pay a visit there (or perhaps to Japan, where there is a strong interest in tartan) and have a kilt made.
Regards,
Mike

[Morris at Heathfield]

I'd nearly forgotten about the Tarim Basin mummies, but they were found on the other side of China, so I'm not likely to get a chance to take a look at them. Maybe I could find a book on them, though.

I've heard you can get bespoke clothing fairly inexpensively in China, but I don't know how many Chinese tailors know how to make kilts, especially outside of Hong Kong.

I don't know how common tartan is in Huzhou, especially worsted wool tartan. Silk, on the other hand....

[Mike_Oettle]

What I find interesting about the mummies and their wrappings is that their culture was clearly not Chinese, regardless of the present-day borders.
Incidentally, there is a tartan called Shenzen, for the industrial zone in Guangdong, although I have no idea whether you will find as much as a yard of it on Chinese soil!
Regards,
Mike