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Pink Tartan Blossoms for Japan
Pink Tartan Blossoms for Japan
1 October 2008
A designer, who has previously created tartan for ten European countries including Poland, France and Norway, has now come up with one for Japan. The design by David McGill from Edinburgh is named "Sakura" – the Japanese word for cherry blossom.
The tartan is predominantly pink with white, green and brown. The inspiration was not just cherry blossom, but Fraserburgh-born Thomas Glover (1838-1911), the "Scottish Samurai" who did much to establish modern industrialisation in Japan. There are now an estimated 7,000 different tartans, with 150 new designs being created every year.
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