Let's understand the names of checkered fabrics. Material "tartan" Scottish fabric

Plaid- checkered fabric. The basis of the fabric may be different, but the main attribute of the tartan is the checkered pattern. The checkered pattern, the colors of the cells and the number of colors on the fabric symbolized a person’s belonging to a certain group, clan. But that was six centuries ago. Today, things made of plaid (tartan) are worn all over the world, without thinking about the symbolism of the checks painted on them.

Scotts

In the sixth century AD, people who called themselves “Scotts” settled in the north of the island, which is today called “Great Britain”. That’s why the land they settled began to be called “Country of Scots” - Scotland, which to us sounds like Scotland.

They were hard-working and quick-witted people. From the wool of sheep that grazed in fields and meadows, they learned to weave fabric for their clothing and everyday life. To distinguish one family from another, they agreed to color the checkered pattern on the fabric with different available dyes obtained from the plants around them. Even the number of colors used was clearly regulated. There were seven colors in the fabric from which the king's clothes were made. The lower a person stood on the social ladder, the fewer colors there were on his clothes. It was the Scots who gave tartan the name known today in Russia as “tartan”. In the world, checkered fabrics are called “tartan”.

Tartan

In fact, tartan fabric was known long before Scottish materials. Experts call it “tartan”. The ancient Romans learned the secrets of weaving tartan materials from the warlike Celtic tribes, who more than once annoyed the Roman Empire. And they also began to make checkered fabrics, the preserved remains of which are sometimes found during excavations of historical monuments of the ancient era.

Tartan is widely used by modern clothing designers. Moreover, if earlier it was possible to distinguish a noble person from a commoner by the color of the fabric, today various youth movements can be distinguished by different types of cells. The warrior spirit of the Celts and their tartan weaving are enduring.

Tartan base

Of course, the main material for tartan fabric is traditionally wool. But today, when the range of materials is wide, checkered patterns began to be made on other types of materials. It could be:

Wool with added viscose thread, which gives the material greater strength and elasticity. This material does not require an iron to maintain its presentation. It is light and practical.

Silk with a checkered pattern gives a unique flow of lines when a person moves.

Checkered corduroy, periodically disappearing from the fashion Olympus, again and again gains popularity among discerning fashionistas.

Other materials do not lag behind the above.

Tartan products

First of all, these are, of course, checkered blankets. It is with blankets that the history of the tartan begins. In the highlands of Scotland, people wove warm woolen blankets, which they wrapped around their waists in such a way that the fabric fell from the belt in soft folds. One end of the blanket was thrown over the shoulder. The secrets of putting on this kind of clothing are still the subject of speculation and debate among experts in this area. Such plaids are the “grandfathers” of modern men's Scottish skirts, called “kilts”.

Modern blankets come in all sorts of colors. The edges of the blankets can be trimmed with trim, or they can have the appearance of fringe. It’s so nice on a winter evening to wrap yourself in a warm and soft blanket, climb up into grandma’s cozy chair and read about the next adventure of the tireless heroes of Dick Francis, Her Royal Majesty’s jockey.

The second thing that comes to mind when it comes to Scotland is the kilt - men's plaid skirts. When the blankets became old, they were shortened to the size of skirts. So gradually they turned into a “kilt”.

Plaid will add coziness to the interior of your home. It is used to make floor coverings,

Tartan: stylish traditions of mountain clans

Nowadays, tartan is usually called "tartan" and is associated with this small country and its ancient traditions. However, in fact, the production of fabric from colored fibers that form checkered patterns has been known since the time of the pharaohs. And if the ancient Romans with their checkered togas can still be suspected of borrowing the traditions of the peoples they conquered, then the checkered kimono worn by the Japanese samurai clearly had local origins. Be that as it may, but at present tartan fabric, along with bagpipes and kilts, is considered the property of this country.

History and varieties

Produced in Scotland, the tartan fabric bears the historical name "tartan", by which it is known in many European languages. The oldest fragment of such material that has survived to this day was created in the fourth century AD. It is made of thick woolen fibers of light and dark colors, and in its weave, each transverse thread is pulled crosswise - first above two longitudinal threads, then under them. Presumably the name tartan is associated with the Gaelic “crosswise”, there is also a version about its connection with the Old French “fabric” or “picture”. Moreover, the cells, no matter how complex their pattern, must have diagonal symmetry.

The very first item of clothing for which tartan was used was plaid. It was folded around the waist, then the free end was thrown over the shoulders. This garment was called a “big kilt” (from the Old Norse word for “fold”). Commoners' kilts were made of plain dark wool, and the higher a person's social status, the more colors he could add to his clothing. Women were supposed to wear clothes made of plain fabric. But among the members of the royal family, the tartan contained seven shades, and the color and shape of the cage spoke of their family affiliation. In addition, each Scottish clan could have a special tartan for mourning, military operations, hunting, etc.

The modern, or small kilt, began to be worn only at the beginning of the 18th century. It is believed that this was done by lumberjacks, whose large kilt prevented them from working. In this form, this attire has survived to this day, although in the middle of the 18th century, due to repressions against the Jacobites, a strict ban was imposed on tartan and all types of Scottish clothing. A kilt with a characteristic pattern could only be worn by Scots who served in the royal Black Watch unit. However, the folk tradition was not forgotten, and in 1822, during the visit of King George IV to Edinburgh, he was greeted by the writer Walter Scott in traditional dress. Since that time, tartan has become a very fashionable material, which was produced in abundance by industrial manufactories. The ruling dynasty created its own tartan, called “Royal Stuart”, the royal castle in Balmoral was decorated with checkered textiles, and the “Balmoral” tartan became another symbol of the dynasty. Soon, the fashion for comfortable, warm blankets and beautiful checkered materials conquered all of Europe, where it survived the era of romanticism and has not lost its relevance today.

With all the variety of varieties of tartan, the most common are the following:

glenchek and its variety “Prince of Wales” - a discreet black and white or black and gray pattern of small curls forming squares or rectangles;
burberry - a fabric in sand, red, black and white colors, which has gained great popularity thanks to the brand of the same name;
Royal Stuart - one of the most common colors, consisting of black and white stripes on a red background;
madras is made of cotton, its pattern is asymmetrical, and the color scheme can be very different.

Traditional colors were entered into a special register and are still used for formal and festive Scottish costume. The World Register of Scottish Tartans currently contains 3,300 varieties of tartans and is no longer being replenished, but any original pattern can be added to the Scottish Register for an appropriate fee; one of its varieties was even created by a resident of St. Petersburg. Simplified versions of checkered patterns have been widely used for sewing clothes, including women’s clothing, interior decoration, and making household items for about two hundred years. For these purposes, lightweight plaid is used, including cotton, mixed and synthetic fibers. On inexpensive fabrics, the checkered pattern is made using the printed method; it is also often reproduced on knitted fabrics.

What to sew from checkered fabric?

Traditional kilts and other attributes of Scottish costume are currently gaining popularity around the world, and various versions of them can be seen on fashion catwalks, as well as at various celebrity events. It should be noted that a traditional kilt consists of more than seven meters of dense fabric, the folds of which must be placed in a certain order without disturbing the design. A lightweight version of this clothing is made with the addition of viscose or synthetics and is only four and a half meters long. True, such an outfit is still unusual, but the traditional tartan check on rugs and bedspreads has long become a classic. This color is associated with a simple and elegant interior, home comfort, and is widely used in flooring, home textiles and even the design of furniture and tableware.

Equally traditional is the use of various versions of checkered patterns in clothing for all ages and social groups. Analyzing fashion trends, it should be noted that tartan is a fabric that is equally suitable for both a conservative-classical style and for creating avant-garde images. Plaid suits and traditionally cut coats have become the standard of business style for men and women. The widespread use of tartan for children's clothing led to its widespread use as a material for school uniforms.

Along with its widespread use in business, formal and casual fashion, the tartan pattern has often become a symbol of informal movements. Short plaid skirts became iconic clothing for teenage girls, especially in Japan; in the late eighties, wide plaid trousers called “blanket” were the uniform of Lyubertsy jocks, and even earlier, a plaid shirt was associated with hiking and singing with a guitar. Modern fashion does not dictate any special rules for choosing what type of pattern the fabric should be in or how to cut it. The main thing is that it suits the chosen image, figure and color type of its owner. In women's clothing, a bias cut is often used - this allows for a good fit, and the resulting diamond shapes make the figure slimmer.

Strictly speaking, any checkered fabric is of Scottish and very noble origin.

An ornament that goes through generations

The correct name for tartan fabric is tartan (literal translation: “pattern”), and is produced in a unique, ancient way. Once upon a time, back in the 4th century. BC e., tartan fabric was created by the Celts (hence the name of the national Scottish men's skirt - kilt). They intertwined colored threads so that squares of stripes of different colors came out. Each region of Scotland developed its own special pattern, and each clan received its own iconic tartan. There are, however, universal tartans that can be worn by a representative of any clan. For example, “Caledonia” is a red-blue-green cell. Tartans can be symmetrical, asymmetrical or two-tone. The most famous of the latter is black and red in color.

"Fashionable" story

In 1822, the British King George IV visited Scotland in order to appease the unkind inhabitants, and, on the advice of Walter Scott, donned a tartan kilt. Local aristocrats accordingly also dressed in national clothes. It was thanks to the English monarchs that checkered fabric products became a non-trivial symbol of the traditional British restraint of aristocracy. It was then, in fact, as fashion historians note, that the heyday of the check struck - gradually it became one of the most popular fabric colors.
In the 19th century, in Japan, school uniforms for students of prestigious educational institutions began to be made from tartan. But even in our time, Japanese schoolgirls wear checkered miniskirts, which has become a separate style trend in modern street fashion.
The rebellious spirit of the 70s completely changed the look at traditional plaid colors, and it took pride of place in the clothing of ordinary people.

The most famous types of cells

The names of the clans have been lost for centuries, but their sovereign checkered insignia is still popular and in demand. Perhaps the best known are the following:

Nova (nova) - noble Burberry check

It was first used by fashion brands for lining outerwear. Gradually they began to use it in branded accessories - umbrellas, scarves. And today, black-white-red-beige checkered patterns are present in all Burberry products.

Border Pattern

It is the familiar pied-de-poule (“crow’s foot”) - a symbol of respectability and elegance. In this drawing, the corners of the cells, elongated diagonally, seem to “extend” beyond the edges of the square. The famous jacket with a houndstooth pattern worn by Audrey Hepburn’s character in the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” made this pattern mega popular, and the jacket itself became the most necessary thing in every woman’s wardrobe.

Glen Urquhart Check

It's simple - the name comes from the birthplace of this classic pattern. Thanks to the Prince of Wales, with his unconventional fashion preferences, glencheck became a fashionable pattern and one of the classic patterns in men's clothing.

Vichy cell

The pattern got its name in honor of the French town where it was invented by local weavers. Before becoming part of world fashion, Vichy check symbolized exclusively country and Provence style.

Fashion today

Check is a very popular textile pattern. Famous designers regularly use it in their collections. Presenting this pattern in either a strict or a mischievous light. Models made of checkered fabric have no age or stylistic restrictions.

By the way, today not only plaid clothes are in fashion, but also hats, shoes, and even. We choose the right colors according to our preferences to maintain the same style. The starting point can be a favorite pair of shoes, a suit, and sometimes even hair color or just a “checkered” mood.

Read about how to wear plaid midi dresses a la Brigitte Bardot and country style tops on the GLAM website.

Photo: PR, pinterest.com, website
The article was published based on materials from the magazine “Good Advice” 3/2015
Material prepared by Yulia Dekanova

Scottish cell

Tartan (or tartan - as it is called in Russia) is a Scottish tartan fabric formed by weaving wool or cotton threads.

There are various controversial opinions about the origin of this word. Some believe it comes from the French word tiretaine, meaning coarse woolen fabric (as opposed to knitted goods), others believe it comes from the ancient Gaelic dialect tarsainn, meaning across or crosswise.

Tartan fabric it is woven from pre-prepared, already dyed woolen threads crosswise, that is, one thread passes first over two, then under two, and so on. This is how a cell is formed.

The Scots took into account old mistakes and, so that not a single tartan design was lost, they began to keep records of patterns. In total, two tartan registers were created: the Scottish Scottish Register of Tartans and the world Scottish Tartans World Register. The national register records 6,000 different combinations. In the world there are two times less - 3,300 options. Moreover, the catalog of tartans is replenished to this day, therefore will always be fresh and varied.

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Check () today is one of the recognizable and colorful prints, the popularity of which can be traced in modern fashion trends of each season. The versatility of this fabric and the ability to create unique combinations and stylish wardrobe items are successfully used by modern designers to create exclusive outfits and accessories.

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When talking about Scotland, one immediately remembers, of course, bagpipes and a kilt made of tartan fabric, sometimes simply called tartan. The history of the country is intertwined with the history of this fabric. Tartan, which is more accurately called tartan, is a fabric made from cotton and wool yarn, using a twill binding, and is distinguished by a checkered pattern.

The color of this fabric used to relate to a certain class or clan and area of residence. This fabric appeared quite a long time ago; such fabrics were first mentioned in the third century; in Scotland itself, the material appeared around the fifteenth century. Tartans were made by hand using sheep's wool, and they were dyed using dyes made from berries and bark. That is why the colors of tartans are different in different places, since in different places there are different natural dyes. In Scotland there was, and still is, a set of rules that establishes the rules for wearing tartan.

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For example, a clan member must wear only the tartan of his own clan, and he can also wear the local tartan worn by the inhabitants of that area. Wearing “other people’s” tartans is prohibited. Today, six thousand types of tartans are registered in the official register, their number is constantly increasing. For some special events and for commercial purposes, the newest types of tartans are being developed. We need to remember, for example, the famous Burberry check; it is one of the official registered types of tartan.

Today, tartan is often used in design, and new fashionable items are created. For example, from tartan fabrics they make ties, scarves, shawls, shirts, skirts. And from quite dense material with an original pattern they make coats, raincoats, jackets. Plaid is now part of the modern preppy look. Today, not only the Scots wear tartan; many people like things made from such fabric. But when you want to look very attractive, then you need to think prematurely about what items in your wardrobe you can wear tartan with.

For example, a skirt made of this material is worn with a monotonous “top” of white and black or yellow, they are combined with the colors of the fabric pattern. Shoes made from tartan for a skirt should also be chosen in black or any color of the fabric pattern. A dress or blouse with this pattern is worn with plain clothes. And the famous checkered shirt is worn with jeans.