Enjoy the vintage seasonal postcards, specialty tartan collection and a bit of mood music!
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Enjoy this special selection of tartans!
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within the calendar year of tartans
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within the calendar year of tartans
Presley of Lonmay
Birthday Elvis Presley
Jan 8
Presley of Memphis
Birthday Elvis Presley
Jan 8
Based on the 'America' tartan, this adaptation retains the colours of the US flag and discretely introduces Elvis Presley's favourite colour pink plus a gold band to represent his legendary number of Gold Discs. The white threadcount is 42 which was the 'King's' age when he died. The narrow white is 8 threads and represents the day of the month in which he was born whilst the 8 blue represents the month of the year in which he died.
Joe Strummer Commemorative
International Clash Day
Feb 7
This tartan was conceived to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the birth of Joe Strummer (John Graham Mellor), lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the band, The Clash. The colours reflect those used in the production of audio cassette tape.
Rob Roy
the Birthday of Rob Roy MacGregor
Mar 7
In the United States and elsewhere this pattern is also known as "lumberjack" or "buffalo" plaid.
Hitchcock
Hitchcock Day
Mar 12
Purple Rain
Purple Day
Mar 26
Designed by David McGill as a tribute to the late American recording artist, Prince, in the hopes that this would make "Prince the “greatest tartan icon ever." Colours reflect the name of Prince's 6th album and song of the same name, "Purple Rain."
Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Khaki
T.E. Lawrence Dies (Lawrence of Arabia)
May 19
This tartan was designed to commemorate Lawrence of Arabia. The orange brown represents Wadi Rum and his famous raid on Aqaba as well as the warm internal hues and tones of Clouds Hill, his secluded Dorset retreat. Red represents his birthplace at Tremadoc and Welsh ancestry. The cross of Saint George is contrived in the sett to demonstrate his admiration for ‘Richard the Lionheart’ and his thesis on Crusader Castles. Blue and green represent Irish connections and two periods of RAF service.
King Pootatau Te Wherowhero
the First Maori King of New Zealand
Jun 25
The blue and gold colours in this tartan represent the colours of the Kiingitanga (the Maori monarchy) with the gold stripes representing the seven waka (canoes that carried the Maori to New Zealand from the South Pacific in the 13th century.
Flora MacDonald (portrait)
Prince Charlie & Flora MacDonald set sail
Jun 27
The part that Flora MacDonald played in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie 'over the sea to Skye' is immortalised in the 'Skye Boat Song', published in 1884: “Speed bonny boat like a bird on a wing, Onward the sailors cry. Carry the lad that's born to be King, Over the sea to Skye.”
Over the Sea to Skye
Prince Charlie & Flora MacDonald set sail
Jun 27
The part that Flora MacDonald played in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie 'over the sea to Skye' is immortalised in the 'Skye Boat Song', published in 1884: “Speed bonny boat like a bird on a wing, Onward the sailors cry. Carry the lad that's born to be King, Over the sea to Skye.”