About 500 years ago, someone in Scotland lost track of their tartan. A scrap of the fabric reemerged in a peat bog late in the 20th century. Carbon dating pegged the plaid to about 1500-1600 C.E., ...

The Irish-American was surprised when the honest-to-goodness Irishman told him that tartans — those colored patterns associated with the kilts and sashes of bagpipe bands — were never really just for ...

WWD praised EGOT Helen Hayes' (1900 to 1993) costumes in "Mary of Scotland," highlighting the costumes as "extremely chic - complete with a tartan plaid shawl draped over one shoulder," noting the ...

East Vincent >> There’s something about the sound of bagpipes and the sight of a kilt that either speaks to you – or doesn’t. Those sights, sounds and the Celtic heritage speak loudly to Rocky Roeger, ...

If you're proudly wearing your kilt or sporting the family plaid as part of National Tartan Day, don't feel you have to go sans the underwear. The practice of wearing nothing beneath the kilt has been ...