{"id":5686,"date":"2009-06-17T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=694"},"modified":"2009-06-17T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:48:02","slug":"kilt-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=5686","title":{"rendered":"Kilt Credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/weaving112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39599\" alt=\"weaving11\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/weaving112.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lord Simple, director of the 2009\u00a0 Gathering is calling for legislation to prevent cloth woven overseas being sold as &#8216;made in Scotland&#8217;.\u00a0 Currently, tourists in Scotland have no real guarantee that the kilt or scarf they are buying is the genuine article, and merchandise is often misleadingly labelled.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Scottish Tartans Authority has already made moves asking\u00a0 the European Parliament to give legal protection for genuine Scottish tartan products , in much the same way that Scottish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whisky<\/a> is protected.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately it seems to be all too easy for vendors to mislead customers, even with protection schemes in place, and will probably be a tricky battle to win.\u00a0 In the meantime, if you&#8217;re planning on buying tartan, check the vendors credentials and don&#8217;t be fobbed off with cheap imitations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Simple, director of the 2009\u00a0 Gathering is calling for legislation to prevent cloth woven overseas being sold as &#8216;made in Scotland&#8217;.\u00a0 Currently, tourists in Scotland have no real guarantee that the kilt or scarf they are buying is the genuine article, and merchandise is often misleadingly labelled. 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