In case you wondered, my tartan is called "Braveheart Plaid Authentic Islay Tweed". It was created especially for the 1995 movie "Braveheart" about William Wallace, c. 1270- 1305. The cloth is now available on Etsy.
Wallace is remembered for leading the Scottish resistance forces during the struggle to free Scotland from English rule. [Britannica Entry]. I am proud to bear (so to speak) the name of this brave Scottish hero.
From The Scottish Register of Tartans - Braveheart.
| STA ref: | 7025 |
| STWR ref: | none |
| Designer: | Knode/Cavell |
| Tartan date: | 01/01/1995 |
| Registration date: | This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans. |
| Category: | Corporate |
| Registration notes: | A joint design between Charles Knode i/c of the Shepperton Studios wardrobe dept and Gordon Cavell of the Islay Woollen Mill on the Hebridean isle of Islay for Mel Gibson's 1995 Braveheart epic. Charles Knode sent Gordon a sports jacket and asked him to create a tartan/tweed from it. Since this is very much a tweed design rather than a tartan, with some marled yarns included, its graphic is not at all accurate but gives a rough idea of the dimensions and layout. |
| Information notes: | A woven sample is deposited in the Scottish Tartans Authority archives. |
