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Bienvenidos el Earl of St Andrews página de tartán Escocesa. Azul y blanco son los colores principales en este tartán Escocesa.

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Earl Of St Andrews Tartans

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Each tartan can have multiple variations, the most common of which are Ancient, Modern, Weathered, Hunting and Dress

About tartan variations

  • Ancient
  • Modern
  • Weathered
  • Hunting
  • Dress

Ancient Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer colours typical of the Ancient tartans, mossy greens and sky blues, a more orangey red and some would say showing off the pattern to much greater effect as as the contrasts are much brighter than the Modern tartans. The pattern or sett remains the same across all variations of a single tartan, and only the shades or tones vary.

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Post 1860 chemical dyes replaced the natural animal and vegetable dyes and the Modern Tartans were born with their stronger and bolder colours. The soft greens and blues become bottle green and navy blue, reds are scarlet.

Modern Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer colours typical of the Ancient tartans. Post 1860 chemical dyes replaced the natural animal and vegetable dyes and the Modern Tartans were born with their stronger and bolder colours. The soft greens and blues become bottle green and navy blue, reds are scarlet.

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The Modern tartans are often the more subtle combinations such as the classic Black Watch Modern

Weathered Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer, more earthy colours typical of the Weathered tartans, reminiscent of bolder colours subjected to wind, rain and sunshine producing beautiful faded tones, olive greens and browns, and very light blues with reds that are more pink than red.

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Some mills refer to the Weathered tartans as Muted.

Hunting Tartan

The Hunting Tartans are the camouflage tartans and some clans don't have these variations because they are already predominantly green or brown and don't need amendment to blend in with nature's colours. The Black Watch or Gunn tartans are examples of these, whereas a tartan such as the Fraser is predominantly red and would not provide much cover for men out hunting.

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One thing to remember if you are ordering your tartan to match an existing kilt or accessory is that although the sett and colours are the same, there can be a slight difference in colour from one mill to the next. This is purely down to yarn dying so if you need an exact match we suggest you order a swatch to double check.

Dress Tartan

The Dress Tartans were designed as the name suggests for celebrations and highland dance. The sett or pattern of the tartan remains the same and the main colour is changed to white, or extra white is added to the pattern to give it a brighter, more "fancy" appearance. The Scots do like to bend the rules and occasionally instead of white thread, yellow is used and this is where the rather wild MacLeod Dress Modern and Barclay Dress Modern came from.

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One thing to remember if you are ordering your tartan to match an existing kilt or accessory is that although the sett and colours are the same, there can be a slight difference in colour from one mill to the next. This is purely down to yarn dying so if you need an exact match we suggest you order a swatch to double check.

St Andrews

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Earl of St Andrews Tartan Origins & History

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How it all started

Territories

St. Andrews is a small seaside town on the east coast of Scotland, the town is known as the home of golf and is most famous for it's stunning golf courses. St. Andrews is also home to Scotland's first university, that was founded in 1413.

Clan Chief

The Earl of St Andrews tartan is a district tartan and therefore does not have a Clan Chief.

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The Earl of St Andrews tartan is predominantly blue and white and according to the Scottish Register of Tartans was designed specifically for the use of Prince George, the Duke of Kent, who bore the title Earl of St Andrews. The tartan is a relatively modern one registered in 1930.

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Earl of St Andrews

It is claimed that the famous British retail institution Marks & Spencers used the tartan in a sales promotion in 1973 which resulted in the Earl of St Andrews tartan becoming the District tartan for the town of St Andrews and surrounding area, but it is hard to tell if this is correct! Due to the golfing reputation of St Andrews the tartan has become popular among the golfing fraternity and always features in our in stock golf trousers collection.

Home of Golf

It is said that the first game of Golf was played back in 1552, or this is at least when the Archbishop Hamilton granted permission to those who wanted to play the sport. Although there are a total of seven golf courses in St Andrews, the most famous is the Old Course, which has been home to the Open Championship many times since 1873.

Cill Rìmhinn is gaelic for St Andrews.


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