How Do Women Wear Tartan? Complete Styling Guide

Tartan is a woven fabric used in various garments. The tartan is a criss-cross pattern of horizontal and vertical stripes. The popular criss cross patterns are Black Watch, Gunn, Royal Stewart, Brown Watch, Douglas, Ramsay, Macdonald and Campbell. These tartans are widely used for making different garments such as tartan trews, tartan ties, tartan kilt belts, kilt flashes, fly plaid, Scottish cap, shawls, skirts, tartan coats, tartan kilt jackets and waistcoats. Women’s tartans are available in 13oz and 16oz weight.

How Do Women Wear Tartan?

Women can wear tartans in many ways. Although tartan represents Scottish and Irish heritage and is widely used for men’s and women’s kilts, it is also used to make skirts, dresses, jackets, coats, shawls and other garments.

Women wear tartan kilts, tartan skirts, tartan dresses, tartan jackets, tartan coats, tartan shawls and tartan trousers from high quality tartan fabrics. They can wear tartan garments at formal events, outdoor activities, festivals and casual wear. Women’s can style the tartan garments with blouse, jackets, boots, sweater, heels, and plain shirt.

Tartan Clothing Options for Women

Tartan Garment	Style	Best For	How to Style
Tartan Kilt	Traditional/Modern	Weddings, festivals, casual wear	Blouse, jacket, boots
Tartan Skirt	Modern	Casual and formal occasions	Sweater, blouse, boots
Tartan Dress	Elegant	Weddings and parties	Heels, boots, simple jewelry
Tartan Jacket	Smart	Formal and everyday wear	Plain trousers or skirt
Tartan Coat	Classic	Winter and outdoor wear	Neutral outfit underneath
Tartan Shawl	Traditional	Weddings and cultural events	Dress or blouse
Tartan Trousers	Contemporary	Casual and smart-casual	Plain shirt or sweater

Popular Ways to Wear Tartan for Women

Here are some of the most popular ways women can wear tartan:

Tartan Skirts

Tartan skirts are popular worldwide and these skirts are not restricted to particular nation. Women can wear tartan skirts at various occasions such as parties, weddings and pubs.

Tartan Kilts for Women

Women can wear lightweight and heavyweight tartan kilts at college, business meetings, weddings, shopping malls and other formal events.

Tartan Dresses

A tartan dress is a garment made from tartan fabric. A tartan dress is a complete outfit that has a pleated frock and a shirt or corset. These dresses are ideal for parties and weddings.

Tartan Trousers and Trews

Tartan trousers and trews are available in various designs. Tartan trousers and trews can be paired with jackets and boots. They are perfect for weddings and other formal events.

Tartan Jackets and Coats

Tartan jackets and coats are worn for Scottish weddings and other weddings. You can wear these jackets at casual places with your trousers. Our kilts Shop has a wide range of tartan coats and jackets for men and women.

Tartan Shawls

Tartan shawls can be paired with your regular outfit. These shawls are best worn at winter season. Your shawls should match with your outfit.

How to Style a Tartan Kilt for Women

There are many ways to style tartan kilt for women.

Tartan Kilt with a Blouse

You can pair your tartan women kilt with a blouse. Various blouse designs are available in the market or we can make a customized blouse for you. Shop blouse and tartan kilts for sale at our store.

Tartan Kilt with a Sweater

Sweaters are the best top with your tartan utility kilt. You can wear tartan sweater or wool sweater at winter or in cold weather.

Tartan Kilt with a Jacket

Scottish jackets and other casual jackets are best worn with your traditional kilt.

Tartan Kilt with Boots

You can pair your tartan kilt with casual boots, oxford shoes or Ghillie brogues. There are many boot options to wear with your women kilt.

Tartan Kilt with Tartan Accessories

You can also wear traditional kilt accessories with your kilt such as kilt flashes, kilt hose, kilt pins, Sgian dubh, kilt belt and buckle.

What to Wear With a Women’s Tartan Kilt

Kilt Shirts and Blouses for Women

With your traditional women kilt, you can pair Scottish kilt shirt and a fancy blouse. Our kilts shop offers a wide range of modern blouses available for sale.

Kilt Jackets and Waistcoats

Prince Charlie jacket, Agryle jacket and Brian Boru jacket are the ideal Scottish jackets for women. These jackets come with with the waistcoats.

Kilt Belts and Buckles

Scottish kilt belts with buckles are suitable with traditional and modern women kilts.

Kilt Hose and Socks

Kilt hose is available in white, cream, charcoal, grey, black and green colors. You can choose the required kilt hose that matches with your kilt outfit.

Shoes

Dress shoes, oxford shoes and kilt shoes are ideal with your kilt and skirt.

Tartan Bags and Other Accessories

You can also include tartan bags and other accessories with your formal kilt such as kilt pins, Sgian dubh, shawls and plaid brooch.

How to Style Tartan for Different Seasons

Tartan Outfits for Spring

For spring, you can wear a lightweight tartan dress with knee high boot and a tartan bag. This is a stylish women tartan skirt outfit for spring.

Tartan Outfits for Summer

For Summer tartan outfit ideas for women, we recommend to wear lightweight tartan skirt or kilt and pair it with matching blouse.

Tartan Outfits for Autumn

For Autumn season, you may consider traditional kilt with tartan coat and Ghillie brogues. This Autumn outfit is suitable for weddings and other formal events.

Tartan Outfits for Winter

You may wear long wool, leather or tartan coat with your trouser or jeans for a perfect winter look.

 

How to Wear Tartan for Different Occasions

There are many popular occasions where you can wear your women’s tartan kilts.

Tartan for Scottish Weddings

You can wear traditional tartan kilt or tartan dress at Scottish weddings.

Tartan for Highland Games

13oz lightweight tartan skirt is suitable for Highland games and sports.

Tartan for Celtic Festivals

We recommend Irish kilts and Irish kilt outfits at Celtic festivals and other events.

Tartan for St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17 in Ireland. Women can wear green tartan skirts, kilts, dresses, jackets and accessories for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.

Tartan for Formal Events

Formal events such as Scottish cultural events, religious ceremonies and award events are suitable for wearing women’s tartan skirts.

Tartan for Casual Wear

You can wear tartan trews, tartan kilt, tartan blouse, tartan shirt and tartan skirts at casual places such as shopping centers, retail stores and streets.

How to Choose the Right Tartan for Women

Tartan are available in three majory types i.e, Clan tartans, universal tartans and Celtic tartans.

Choose a Scottish Clan Tartan

Scottish clan tartan represents Scottish familis or clan. These families developed their own tartan for kilts and skirts.

Choose a Universal Tartan

Popular tartans worn by women include Black Watch, Royal Stewart, Grey Watch and many other clan, Irish and universal tartans. If you don’t belong to clan then you can wear kilts, kilt jackets, waistcoats and other accessories in universal tartans.

Choose an Irish or Celtic Tartan

Irish or Celtic tartans represents rich history of Irish heritage. These tartans are available in various patterns, you can choose the required Irish pattern for your blouse, waistcoat and other tartan garments.

Traditional vs. Modern Tartan Outfits for Women

Traditional tartan outfits are suitable for weddings and other Scottish events. These traditional women kilt outfits feature plain traditional kilt with kilt shoes, kilt jackets, kilt pins and traditional kilt belts. While modern women tartan outfits feature modern tartan kilts made from clan or universal tartans. These modern tartan outfits are ideal for festivals and parties. You can pair these modern women outfits with tartan bags, jewelry, knee high boots, shawls and sunglasses.

Feature	Traditional Tartan Outfit	Modern Tartan Outfit
Main Garments	Tartan kilt, skirt, jacket or dress	Tartan skirt, kilt, coat or contemporary clothing
Style	Classic and heritage-inspired	Modern and fashion-focused
Tartan	Clan, heritage or traditional patterns	Universal, clan, Irish or fashion tartans
Accessories	Kilt pin, brooch, belt, flashes	Bags, jewelry, boots and contemporary accessories
Footwear	Dress shoes, Ghillie brogues or boots	Ankle boots, knee-high boots or casual shoes
Best For	Weddings, Highland events and cultural occasions	Parties, festivals, casual wear and everyday fashion

Women’s Tartan Outfit Ideas for Every Occasion

In this section, we are going to discuss tartan outfit ideas for women.

Classic Scottish Tartan Outfit

Classic Scottish tartan outfit feature tartan style kilts, flashes, kilt pins, Scottish jackets, kilt hose and other tartan accessories. These classic Scottish tartan outfits for women are suitable for weddings.

Modern Tartan Kilt Outfit

Modern tartan kilt outfit is the ideal outfit for parties and pubs. Modern women’s tartan outfits include stylish tartan kilt with belt and buckle, blouse and knee high boots.

Elegant Tartan Wedding Outfit

Elegant tartan wedding outfit is the stylish wedding outfit include tartan coat with waistcoat, tartan tie, shirt and tartan trews. These elegant outfits are designed for men and women.

Casual Tartan Outfit

Casual tartan oufit is the best outfit for non Scottish person. You can wear casual tartan coat with your jeans at streets, parties and other events.

Winter Tartan Outfit

Wool tartan coats, trews, shawls and jackets are suitable winter tartan outfit for men and women.

What Tartan Patterns Can Women Wear?

There are many tartan patterns available for women. However, we are going to discuss some popular tartans that women can use in their everyday wear.

Black Watch Tartan

Black Watch tartan is one of the most widely recognized tartan and available in 13oz and 16oz fabrics. This universal tartan is ideal for long women coats, jackets, shawls, waistcoats, trews, skirts and kilts.

Royal Stewart Tartan

Royal Stewart is the premium tartan that is use for making kilts, kilt sporrans, trews, Scottish hat, tartan coats and jackets and other garments. This is the durable tartan and available in wool, acrylic wool and polyviscose fabrics.

MacDonald Tartan

MacDonald tartan is a popular clan tartan used for traditional and hybrid kilts. This tartan can also be used for skirts, shawls, great kilts and other tartan garments.

Grey Watch Tartan

Grey Watch tartan is grey tartan and suitable for your women’s skirt and kilt. There are many grey kilt outfits available at our store, so buy your favourte outfit at affordable prices.

Irish Tartan Patterns

Irish national and Irish heritage are the famous tartans of Ireland. These tartans are widely used in Europe and Asian countries. Our company makes kilt hats, kilts, skirts and jackets from this tartan.

Women’s Tartan Kilt and Skirt Size Guide

Choosing the Right Kilt Waist

We have a recommended measuring guide for your kilt and skirt. If you are unsure about your true waist then take help from your friend or refer to our measuring guide.

Choosing the Right Kilt Length

Women’s kilt length varies from person to person. You should use a standard measuring tape and measure from your waist or belly down to the knee for accurate kilt length.

Choosing the Right Kilt Hip

This measurement is necessary only when your hip is more than 4 inches than that of waist. For women hip measurement, you should measure the widest part of the hip.

How to Care for Women’s Tartan Clothing

Tartan clothing requires special care and maintenance for long term use.

How to Clean Tartan Fabric

You can clean the tartan coat, tartan dress, skirt or kilt using a soft cotton fabric. If possible, we recommend to dry clean these garments.

How to Wash Tartan Fabric

Tartan fabric or the tartan garment should be manual washed. These garments should not be washed with automatic washing machines.

How to Store Tartan Clothing

Iron the pleats using a best Iron and hang the kilts and other garments using a hanger and store them in a wardrobe.

FAQs About Wearing Tartan for Women

What Are the Most Popular Ways Women Wear Tartan?

Women can wear tartan as kilts, skirts, dresses, hats, sporrans, flashes, shawls, coats and jackets.

Can Women Wear Scottish Tartan Kilts?

Yes, women can wear skirts, kilts and tartan trews.

Can Women Wear Clan Tartans?

If you know your clan then you can wear clan tartan garments.

What Do Women Wear With a Tartan Kilt?

You can include shawls, sunglasses, kilt pins, hat, belt, buckle, shoes, socks, flashes and fly plaid with your traditional women kilt.

Can Women Wear Tartan to a Wedding?

You can wear tartan skirt, tartan outfit, tartan dress or a tartan kilt on a wedding and other formal events.

What Shoes Go With a Tartan Kilt?

Dress shoes, knee high boots, Ghillie brogues and oxford shoes are ideal with your kilt.

Can Women Wear Tartan Casually?

Yes, you can wear tartan coats with your jeans at streets, shopping malls and friend’s meetings.

Can Women Wear Irish Tartan?

Irish and Celtic tartans are best tartans for women. Women can wear tartan garments in these tartans at parties, pubs and casual events.