Jun 26, 2007 22:27
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that a true kilt had to be made out of a tartan fabric. At the very least, plaid.
Unless I'm wrong in that assumption, Roddy Piper just came out on TV wearing an ordinary pleated skirt.
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Irish kilts are also, at least sometimes (I need to go read up) solid colours -- the ones I've seen that I was able to identify as Irish have all been solids; as I understand it they're significantly more modern than Scottish kilts but much older than American ones.
As for whether a 'true' Scottish kilt has to be in a tartan, I'll leave that to historical costumers who know better than I when tartans arose and when specific tartans began to be associated with specific clans. I do seem to recall that for a considerable chunk of time the distinctive feature of Scottish dress was ( ... )
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If you want to get technical only members of a clan can were a certain tartan.
It has fallen by the wayside in modern times but I know of some Scots that do take offense to a non-clan member wearing their clan's colors.
A kilt is a utilitarian garment and was a fairly easy way to display one's colors to the world.
I do not belief that in modern times a kilt has to be strictly of tartan. From the sounds of it, he was wearing a modern lesser kilt, which does look remarkably like a plain old pleated skirt.
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a) Also, some cities and counties have their own tartans as well! I'm not certain exactly what constitutes "legitimately" wearing a geographical tartan.
b) From what I've read, the tartan<->clan linkage is modern (so presumably relevant to a WWF context, but probably not to the SCA).
"It has fallen by the wayside in modern times but I know of some Scots that do take offense to a non-clan member wearing their clan's colors."
*nod* I've talked to more people who don't care, or don't care much, but there are enough who take it seriously that I'm inclined to play it safe to avoid giving offense. I wear Black Watch on stage because I didn't know what the MacArthur tartan looked like when I bought my kilt and even though I shouldn't technically wear Black Watch, it seemed the safest choice (anyone who considered it inappropriate at least wouldn't take it personally). I've since gotten some MacArthur fabric but I haven't gotten it made into a kilt yet ( ... )
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Also, I wouldn't be surprised if MacAthair used the same tartan as MacArthur, since it sounds like the family name is a derivation. Unfortunately, my list of clan affiliations and tartans is hiding in the 'boxes to be unpacked'.
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