With the greatest possible respect for all the various points of view on this rather emotional topic, I would like to point out that tartans only became associated with particular clans at the beginning of the 19th century. Before that highland Scots wore tartan, whichever one they could get their hands on, and often even different tartans all at once. I am a great lover of tradition, don't get me wrong! But we needn't be too fussy when it comes to tartans, since their use as emblems for particular families is an invention of the Scottish wool merchants in order to stimulate national pride after the ban on tartans was lifted at the end of the 18th century....