What Kilt to Wear??

[davedove]

I'll give you an example of my tartans. These are the kilts I have had made. It doesn't count the less expensive off the rack kilts I bought in my early days of kilt wearing.

My first was a kilt in the MacIan tartan. My Dad's mother was a McKean, which is a variant of MacIan.

I have another in the Welsh Edwards tartan. My mother's maiden name was Edwards.

My mother's mother's family is 100% from Germany in the mid-1800s, so I have a kilt in the German National tartan.

My surname is Dove. There was no tartan for my surname, so I had one designed and now have a kilt in that tartan.

I served in the US Army, have worked for the Army as a civilian, my Dad and two uncles were in the Army, and my brother is currently serving in the Army. I felt I had more than adequate justification to wear the US Army tartan.

Finally, I have a kilt in the X Marks the Scot tartan, for obvious reasons.

So, you see, I have a few different tartans, but I do have some connection to all of them.

[Ayin McFye]

I believe you can wear what you want. But like DaveDove said, if you wear a tartan, I believe you should know a little bit about it. Do some research on whatever family you are going to wear so that you may wear it proudly, and show respect for the family you're wearing. That's just a suggestion though, in the end, wear what you want.

This goes for your own family tartan as well, I think it'd be silly to wear your own family tartan and not know anything about your family history. Just my opinion though.

[BoldHighlander]

For something related, you might also want to check this thread out too:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/y...380/index.html

you will find different reasons for the different tartans either worn or wished for.