Highlanders Discuss Highland Attire

[creagdhubh]

creagdhubh, you obviously have strong Highland connections but I'm a little confused by your claim to be amongst the ranks of Redshanks' category #1. Are you born and raised in the Highlands and only recently moved to Missouri? Or are you an American with a Highlander grandfather? Just to clarify and with no disrespect intended...

I am a second generation Scottish-American. My grandfather emigrated first to Ohio, then onward to Missouri. He is from Kingussie, Inverness-shire (Badenoch). My grandfather gave me my great-grandfather's "breacan glas" or the "grey tartan kilt" that is the most popular, most recognizable, and one of the oldest (in sett design and color scheme-recorded in Wilson's) of the Macpherson tartans. So, yes, I do currently own an ancestral kilt-though it's a wee bit too big for me at the moment! To clarify your confusion further, what I basically meant by agreeing to the first option, is that I am a staunch traditionalist when it comes to the wearing of my Highland attire. I do branch out and ensure that my Highland wardrobe is varied, and not boring, yet I try my best to wear the kilt correctly and to the high standards set forth by my own family, and by many within my clan. I see men that wear Highland attire correctly as an inspiration, and they truly have my immediate respect, as they obviosly take the time to respect Scotland and their heritage. The kilt is the finest national dress in the world and should be preserved as such. Slainte.