Tartan ID please??

[Paul Henry]

I'm no expert but the naming of a tartan is not arbitrary and not really up to the wearer. It's either a tartan - in which case it's registered and named- Or it's a "fashion plaid" and not a tartan. In either case, in my humble opinion, it's not really to be named. If you would like a tartan there are hundreds to choose from.

Just a thought...

Many, indeed most of the tartans in Wilson's books were originally named completly arbitarily with the name of clans etc, indeed some were named several times with different clans.

And whether or not a tartan is named or a fashion tartan, they are still both tartans, registering a piece of same warp/weft fabric doesn't actually make it a tartan, it simply gives it a name.
There are lots of fashion tartans which are great to use and we shouldn't actually look down on them by giving them a lesser value than named tartans