St David's Tartan

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Example of the St David's Tartan chosen by the majority of people in a poll, admired the fact that it featured all of the Wales Flag colours in it.

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Welsh Kilt. (Discuss)

St David's tartan is a particular texture used in kilts. David's Tartan or brithwe Dewi Sant is the most popular,^{[citation needed]} but individual family tartans are now being produced, despite there being little evidence that the Welsh (or the Scottish or Irish, for that matter) traditionally used tartan to identify clans. In fact it was more of a status symbol; simply put - the more and fancier colours woven into the design demonstrated the wealth and standing of the wearer to others. People too poor to afford dyes used the different brown, black and white wool from the sheep to make basic, earth tone designs, hench bright colours also showed that you had money.^{[citation needed]}

Although they are generally seen these days in formal settings like weddings, an increase has been seen in the number of people wearing their kilt to a rubgy or football match, paired with the ever-present jersey.