Romania

After being launched in Edinburgh in 2015 on the 1^st December, the National Day of Romania, the 'Spirit of Romania' tartan arrived in Bucharest. The tartan was also launched at the annual Caledonian Society Burns Supper organized on January 24 at the Radisson Hotel in Romania’s capital. The first ever ‘Romanian tartan’ kilt supplied by International Tartans auctioned for EUR 700 at the Caledonian Society Burns Supper.

Born after a conversation between Jim Hendry, a Scottish businessman living in Romania and Larisa Ilin a Romanian-Scot living in Edinburgh, David McGill designed the tartan incorporating a combination of the Romanian flag’s red, yellow and blue, combined with the blue and white of the Scottish Saltire. It’s a vibrant and beautiful tartan.