Welcome to the Official Website for
Tartan Day on Ellis Island
Introducing
The Ellis Island Tartan©
The Clan Currie Society wishes to thank all their Sponsors and Partners for making their 10th Annual Tartan Day on Ellis Island a rousing success.
A Celebration of Tartan
April 1-3, 2011
From the kilted clans of the Highlands to the runways of Milan, tartan is the definitive symbol of Scotland. Yet tartan, thanks to Scotland's gift of it, is beloved throughout the world. No other fabric is so steeped in tradition or paradoxically, so consistently at the forefront of fashion. Historians study it while designers design in it.
Rockers and royals alike agree - tartan rules!
Interpretive panels will explore the fact and fiction of tartan, and how this national fabric has captured the imagination of the entire world. A collection of tartan outfits will also be displayed presenting tartan in a multitude of interpretations, including Victorian-era tartan fashion, a Highlander's costume from the MGM film "Brigadoon," a Black Watch regimental officer's uniform, and top designer interpretations from Vivienne Westwood, Michael Kaye Couture and Kinloch Anderson.
Tartan experts will be present during the weekend to help visitors find their tartan and learn more about their specific clan's history.
Support for the exhibition has been generously provided by the Scottish Tartans Authority, VisitScotland, the Scottish Tartans Museum, Michael Kaye Couture, the Scottish Register of Tartans, Kinloch Anderson, Kiltpin Ltd. and Pipeline Celtic Themes.
Over the course of our three-day celebration we'll also be hosting pipers, dancers, singers and other great performers. See you there!
Tartan Day on Ellis Island enjoys the largest attendance of any Tartan Week event in NYC, perhaps the world with approx. 30 thousand visitors daily.
Show off
your tartan style - from Highland kilts to Alexander McQueen we want to see you in your tartan best - send us your photographs and we'll post them on our
Tartan Style page!
The Rampant Lion Pipe Band will perform on Sunday, April 3, 2011.
The Clan Currie Society gratefully acknowledges the support and encouragement of the staff at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
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