MacFarlane B/W

[herminator]

Another B/W tartan: cairn tartan by Marton Mills.

http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar...s.aspx?ref=461

I have a kilt in this one:

[Sammac]

This is proof yet again how dangerous this site is. I'd all but convinced myself that I don't need a Scott B&W tartan (my grandmother is a Scott.) After seeing it, getting one is pretty inevitable. That's one of the most stunning kilts that I've seen.

With you there lucienrau, Scott B&W is on my definite to get list as my great-grandmother is a Scott.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Again, not B&W MacFarlane, but another B&W tartan (Menzies, I believe, though it is hard to tell). But it shows it in a lady's skirt, to give you an idea of that look.


This is from our museum's gift shop catalog, lady's skirt page:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/ladykilt.html

[The Celtic Gypsy]

Ok, the B/W tartan kilts are very striking. But i gotta ask - why B/W tartans in the first place?

[ali8780]

Ok, the B/W tartan kilts are very striking. But i gotta ask - why B/W tartans in the first place?

Are you asking why they exist?

Love the ladies skirt above! (sorry, too lazy to go back and quote another quote )

[The Celtic Gypsy]

Are you asking why they exist?

Sort of asking that. I want to know why black and white tartans of the various clans were created in the first place. What was the purpose of a black and white tartan?

[Mael Coluim]

The MacFarlane tartan is quite sharp. Kerr the Walker has a sharp B & W tartan, the Shepherd with a thin red line. Very nice.

[ali8780]

Sort of asking that. I want to know why black and white tartans of the various clans were created in the first place. What was the purpose of a black and white tartan?

Sorry, I don't know much in the way of history of tartans...

[Farlander]

Sort of asking that. I want to know why black and white tartans of the various clans were created in the first place. What was the purpose of a black and white tartan?

A very worthy question! Perhaps Mr. Newsome or some other kind and knowledgeable person will come along and provide us with a definitive answer?

Sometimes B/W tartans are referred to as a "mourning sett", although the brightness of these setts seem a little bold for a funeral to me. They are also referred to as an "evening sett". This perhaps reflects the modern sensibility that for males, a formal evening event should be void of color except black or white.

[Dixiecat]

Menzies has a B&W tartan

Special Dress Black Menzies is actually black, white and blue. Further away it does look black and white though.