Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
A third option is to have some variation of your clan tartan woven up in colors that you prefer. In essence you will be designing your own personal tartan, but it will be evocative of the clan tartan and so still give a wink and nod to the clan roots.
I was/am not fond of red kilts and when I first started looking at tartans, an old and trusted friend of mine made the comment that tartans with yellow in them were considered a little...how shall I say this? off-putting? The part I missed was that the yellow was only off-putting to military men.

In any case, my family tartan is the Macqueen, which is red and black with yellow stripes.

Matt designed and had woven a kilt length of the MacQueen sett that substitutes grey for black, black for red and red for yellow. And I had a box pleated kilt made from it. It really is striking. Matt says it will even be registered with the STA as the "Black MacSween."

Funny thing is, though, since I got it, I have begun a slow jones for a standard MacQueen...in all its red, black and yellow glory.