Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
"Is it now time for the non Scots to START to wear their own (non Scots) tartans?" ... If there is not a tartan that you can attach yourself to, I bet there is one somewhere, then wear a plain one,perhaps? Invent your own? ... (W)hat I am suggesting and pondering is that over time ... are we going to see more and more tartans that are more appropriate to the future kilt wearers' connections?
Well, when I started wearing the kilt on a regular basis, it occurred to me that the tartans I wear reflected only descent from my mother. But I am the product of both my parents, and I wanted to show that ... except that my father's surname is English.
So I commissioned Matt Newsome to design a tartan for us, with colors that have familial meaning and input from my brothers and mother (it was a surprise for my father ). And Matt created a beautiful tartan for us.
At some point, I'll make my brothers kilts in "our" tartan.
When I get married ... well, I was going to say that I'll be wearing this tartan, but my bride might have other ideas ...
Our children will wear this tartan though.