Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
With the greatest of respect, you really are misunderstanding the term "dress". For example, I don't see much white in MacLeod of Lewis(loud MacLeod) which is the "dress" tartan of MacLeod of Harris.
Jock, I understand that the word "dress" in "dress tartans" means "formal" and does NOT refer to the woman's garment. I'm just foolishly stuck in my historian's mode, and way back in Highland history, so-called "women's tartans" (used for their arisaids) traditionally had a white or light-colored base.

So, when I see, for instance, the "Dress Gordon" tartan, I'm reminded of the historic women's tartans. Dress MacLeod would not fall into that category with its strongly colored ground....