MacGregor and Cameron of Erracht Tartans, do I wear?

[OC Richard]

I personally feel uncomfortable with wearing tartans of clans I don't belong to, but I wouldn't scream at anyone for wearing them.

I'm with you there. I've never owned a clan tartan kilt in a tartan of an unrelated clan.

Of course if you play in Pipe Bands you wear the kilt they give you! I've played in a couple bands that wore Clan tartans.

Thing is, there are so many nice non-Clan tartans nowadays to choose from: district tartans, national tartans, purely fashion tartans.

Here are a few:

Scotland Forever
Spirit Of Scotland
Scotland The Brave
Scottish National
Scottish Millennial
Scotland 2000
Scottish Pride
Scottish Freedom
Spirit of Bannockburn
Flower Of Scotland
Alba
Auld Lang Syne
Auld Scotland

Then regionalized ones

Cairngorm
Isle Of Skye
Isle Of Arran
Western Isles
Strathisla

The trend with Scottish pipe bands has been away from the old Clan tartans and to these new tartans.

As I think everyone knows Cameron Of Erracht was the tartan created for the old 79th Foot in the 18th century and was a military tartan rather than a clan one. (Yes I know it acquired a clan association retroactively, which doesn't change its original meaning and function, to my mind.)

[RectaPete]

As I think everyone knows Cameron Of Erracht was the tartan created for the old 79th Foot in the 18th century and was a military tartan rather than a clan one. (Yes I know it acquired a clan association retroactively, which doesn't change its original meaning and function, to my mind.)

A civilian equivalent would be Rob Roy. While functionally a universal tartan, it has taken strong McGregor connotations due to the original wearer's clan.

Apart from McGregor, my clan also has strong links with Stewart of Appin but I would feel uncomfortable wearing a non-universal Stewart tartan due to the fact that I'm not a Stewart (to my knowledge). I have nothing against the Stewarts, in fact I am very proud of my Stewart connections, but I couldn't bring myself to wear Stewart of Appin even as a gesture of friendship.

[English Bloke]

Giving this post an 'Aye' does not seem enough English Bloke, Your involvement in the 'MacLately' project confirms my belief that you are a thoroughly decent bloke and a 'good egg'.

Thank you Peter. You are too kind.

[OC Richard]

I got interested in this MacLately thing so I Googled it and came across, naturally, this wonderfully designed site:

http://www.maclately.eu/gallery

The tartan is quite nice and accomplishes the difficult task of creating a tartan that is clearly different from other tartans yet has a "ain't born yesterday" look to it.

Very nice the rear photos (as strange as such things must seem to non-kiltwearers) showing how different the backs of kilts of the same tartan can look when pleated in various ways.

Just out of curiosity, who has the remaining fabric and is any of it for sale?

[Kylahullu]

I got interested in this MacLately thing so I Googled it and came across, naturally, this wonderfully designed site:

http://www.maclately.eu/gallery

...

Just out of curiosity, who has the remaining fabric and is any of it for sale?

I would ask Paul Henry at http://www.paulhenrykilts.com/
He might be the one.

[Jock Scot]

Last time I heard, Paul had two kilt lengths left. That situation may have changed since then.