tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3259748239358184172..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: What Will People Wear In The Future?Ketlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-17048649479115254842017-03-22T14:27:03.420+00:002017-03-22T14:27:03.420+00:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
Ironic indeed! Both because o...Dear Mr. Stirling, <br /><br />Ironic indeed! Both because of the modern, Victorian "systematizing" of tartans and Lowlander dislike of the Highlanders.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-92128417632093157332017-03-22T03:35:16.741+00:002017-03-22T03:35:16.741+00:00There were associations of tartans with "surn...There were associations of tartans with "surnames" and clans, but mostly by a sort of accident -- certain patterns were popular in a given locality, the locality was associated with a certain clan, so people started associating the pattern with the clan, and it became more or less a sort of "gang colors". Which is why the Hanoverian kings set out to suppress the wearing of tartans.<br /><br />The formal, elaborated system was a 19th century invention, imposed retrospectively on the past by the Victorians, who had a mania for systematization.<br /><br />Glyph of irony: tartans became associated with Scotland in general, including among Lowlanders whose ancestors hated the Highland clans and considered them "Irish" rather than Scots.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-31256711028289355972017-03-20T15:39:43.272+00:002017-03-20T15:39:43.272+00:00Kaor, Paul!
Certainly, culture, custom, personal ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Certainly, culture, custom, personal tastes, etc., determines what many people will wear. Altho for most these days, variants of the Western jacket, shirt, trousers is worn. And I recall how Dominic Flandry liked uniforms as colorful as Navy regulations would permit.<br /><br />I think the current "Scottish" tartans descend from George IV's interest in them. Because he, like Dominic Flandry, liked to dress colorfully. A bit ironic, really!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com