Clan Tartan Scarves

[COScotsman]

Can anyone recommend a shop stateside that would carry wool scarves in clan tartans? TIA.

[jsrnephdoc]

Can anyone recommend a shop stateside that would carry wool scarves in clan tartans? TIA.

Wm GlenN & Sons in San Francisco, just off Union Square. They source in lightweight fabric from Lochcarron Mill. They offer a wide range of products, including made to measure. Prices have increased recently on heavyweight kilts, perhaps because of the tariffs.

https://wmglenusa.com/

[User]

Can anyone recommend a shop stateside that would carry wool scarves in clan tartans? TIA.

https://www.usakilts.com/scottish-ta...arf-stock.html

[COScotsman]

https://www.usakilts.com/scottish-ta...arf-stock.html

Already talked with their staff. They are limited on their tartan availability unless I have them do a run from the mill.

[User]

Already talked with their staff. They are limited on their tartan availability unless I have them do a run from the mill.

There's also: https://edinburghcastle.com/product-...tartan-fabric/
But they're pricier than William Glen & Son.

[kiltedsawyer]

I was looking for scarf for my wife in weathered MacLaren. It was surprisingly difficult to find. I found the item reasonably priced at Scotclans. Granted, they are not in the states, but the service was excellent as well as the product. (Do stay away from Scot Tees, they sell garbage.) Hope this helps.
Cheers,

David

[jsrnephdoc]

(Do stay away from Scot Tees, they sell garbage.) Hope this helps.

(and a quote from Bob Dylan)

There's also "ScotlandShop," who have a bricks-and-mortar store in Albany, NY. I'm pretty sure they obtain their inventory from Scotland. I just received a tartan-billed "baseball" (or golf, I guess) cap from an order I placed with the NY store. It shipped directly to me from Scotland. A mixed experience:

• The good: The Robertson red tartan bill was centered on the cap in accord with the tartan sett. I assume most high-volume tartan clothiers will have MANY scraps of that tartan just lying around, so that was a nice touch.
• The not-so-good: I ordered the cap with my clan crest embroidered on the front of the cap, just above the bill. Although the shipping notice indicated it was supposed to be present. It was not. We've just begun emailing about that.

And about that Dylan quote. Most of us know of Bob Dylan through his music rather than specifically his poetry (which created quite a stir when initially he REFUSED the Nobel Prize in Literature). But, just last weekend I attended a concert by the Las Vegas Philharmonic that featured a Dylan "song cycle" that used the texts of seven of his songs, composed by a man most well known for his cinema scores. It featured an Israeli-born soprano with a remarkable voice. The composer, just 3 years younger than Dylan, claimed he'd NEVER heard any of Dylan's songs when he was commissioned to write a song cycle for a 2000 Carnegie Hall performance. A recording featuring the artist we heard singing it is available on Deutsche Gramophone, and it won the Grammy for "best vocal performance of classical music" in that year.

I find it almost impossible to believe that an American music writer would NEVER have heard any of Dylan's music; the notion was that he wrote it solely after reading texts from an anthology, and that he obtained Dylan's permission to create it. It's a remarkable piece, but if measured by whether the music enhances or detracts from the lyrics, I'm firmly of the opinion that the second choice is correct. (Not unusual for the ever-enigmatic Bob Dylan, he's never commented publicly on what HE thinks of the work, nor, apparently, even privately, to the composer.

But, on topic, where did you get YOUR Dylan Quote?😎

Thanks so much!

[kiltedsawyer]

[QUOTE=But, on topic, where did you get YOUR Dylan Quote?😎

Thanks so much![/QUOTE]

The quote was in an article on line regarding Dylan's remark about a recent assassination. That is as far as I wish to go on that topic.

Cheers,

David

[COScotsman]

I was able to find the appropriate scarf at J. Higgins shop in the KC area. https://www.jhiggins.net/. David (kiltedsawyer) you might try them. They usually keep a good supply of scarves and sashes in stock. Both come from mill of Lochcarron. Most shops I talked with stateside had a 3-5 week wait on ordering from Scotland. The folks at J. Higgins Ltd are very good to work with for different items.