Scottish Banner Archive

HIGHLAND_DRESS

The Leine

The Early Kilt

Pre-Culloden Tartans

Generations of Highland Dress

Tartan Myths

The Sources of the Tartans

What is the "Official" Word on Tartans?

Tartan Colors

Advice for Kilt Wearers

Did the Belted Plaid Have a Drawstring?

William Muirhead Kilt

OTHER SCOTTISH

Robert the Bruce

Alexander Cuming

The Scots-Irish Migration to Western NC

A Brief History of Scotland

Scottish Heraldry

Scottish Medieval Performing Class

Scottish Saints

The Trump (Jews Harp)

The Lost Tribes of Isreal?

What Was the Celtic Church?

ince December of 2004 I have written a monthly column on Highland Dress for the Scottish Banner newspaper.  I will be archiving my articles which appear in that publication here, running a month or two behind the current issue.

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• December 2004 -- What's the "Official" Word About Tartans?
• January 2005 -- One of the First American City Tartans Rediscovered!
• February 2005 -- Of Kilts and Yardage
• March 2005 -- You Can't Judge a Tartan By Its Name
• April 2005 -- What "Goes" With the Kilt?
• May 2005 -- The Kilt & How to Wear It (from 1901)!
• June 2005 -- Those Embarrassing Questions
• July 2005 -- Which Tartan Is Mine?
• August 2005 -- Variety is the spice of life! (kilts from the past)
• September 2005 -- Breacan Na'n Clerach (The Tartan of the Cleric)
• October 2005 -- What Does a Scotsman Wear Under His Kilt? SOCKS!
• November 2005 -- The Humble Hummel Bonnet
• December 2005 -- What Defines a Kilt?
• January 2006 -- Who Says Tartan is Just for Scots?
• February 2006 -- Feeling the Need for (Harris) Tweed!
• March 2006 -- A Tartan By Any Other Name
• April 2006 -- The Original Military Tartan; the Black Watch
• May 2006 -- Getting Started: So You've Just Bought Your First Kilt!
• June 2006 -- A Highland Dress Reading List
• July 2006 -- The Solid Colored Kilt
• August 2006 -- The Evolution of the Kilt -- Part I: The Feilidh-mor
• September 2006 -- The Evolution of the Kilt -- Part II: The Feilidh-beag
• October 2006 -- The Evolution of the Kilt -- Part III: The Modern Tailored Kilt
• November 2006 -- Tartan Symbolism
• December 2006 -- Handy Guide to Buying a Kilt
• January 2007 -- Tartans and Heraldry
• February 2007 -- Old Myths Never Die
• March 2007 -- The Right to Go Left (On what shoulder should ladies wear the sash?)
• April 2007 -- Restricted Tartans and Copyright
• May 2007 -- Tartan "Wont and Usage"
• June 2007 -- Tartan Happens
• July 2007-- Non-Scottish Tartans
• August 2007 -- The Stewart Tartans
• September 2007 -- A Tartan Register
• October 2007 -- Should Kilts Be Protected?
• November 2007 -- Neo-Jacobite Attire
• December 2007 -- Why We Wear the Kilt
• January 2008 -- The Burns Tartans

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Last updated 7/03/08

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