So too was the famous Jacobite heroine, Flora MacDonald. Because the Highlander was forced into Lowland Dress, his everyday link with tartan was lost which resulted in a later perception that ...

“because the Highlander was forced into Lowland dress”—the more tailored, European clothing style of the period—“his everyday link to tartan was irrevocably severed,” MacDonald wrote ...

MacDonald is hosting Antiques Roadshow-style events in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island where he will examine pieces of tartan or Highland dress. 'Exceptional' cloth found in Antigonish 30 ...

But let's just get it out of the way: A moody, ethereal, and hard-edged take on the tartan ... Macdonald cannot dispense with sex and glamour, which was evident in the crystal-beaded dresses ...