The Kilt. Just saying that conjures up images of HIghlanders walking through the Scottish Glens. it is one of the most recognisable national dress seen in the Western World. All over there are women, and men, swooning at the thought of a man in a kilt, c’mon readers I know you’re all thinking it and […]
From the fancy dress import kilts that you see on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, which are now also starting to appear around the International Scottish highland games. To the kilts redesigned for genuine reasons and also the modern takes on the kilt that still show great respect to the original garment. Scottish Kilts made by […]
Oh deary me, where on earth do I start. There is a story stating that, it was, in fact an Englishman who invented the small kilt, the forerunner of the kilt we wear today. This comes from a letter that was published in a popular pamphlet of the time ‘The Edinburgh Magazine’ in 1785 Now, […]
Is it really? Its just a kilt! well no its not ‘just a kilt’ its a piece of art that will last more than one lifetime. A kilt is made from 8 yards of either 14oz – 18oz woollen tartan, woven right here in Scotland. The process the cloth goes through before it even gets […]
So, you’ve decided now is the time to buy a kilt. Whether it’s because you’ve rented a kilt so many times you could’ve bought a new one twice over, or it could be for a special occasion or you’ve just decided to go for it. The decision has been made. A lot of thought goes […]
Back in 1820 or thereabouts there were two wee English brothers, born in Wales, by the names of John Hay Allen and Charles Hay Allen who moved to Moray, Scotland. After being there a while they changed the spelling of their name to Allan, to make it look more Scottish, but then shortened it to Hay. These two brothers are […]
Tartan is one of the most distinctive and recognisable textile in the western world and Scotland has become one with it. The earliest reports we see about tartan come from the Roman writers Virgil and Tacitus who wrote that the Picts/Celts were wearing striped, sometimes across, cloaks, shiny and bright. Tacitus also says they were […]
