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13th March 07, 11:09 AM
#8
Originally Posted by Hamish
Firstly, Chef mentions 'John Morrison'. Well, John Morrison was a good kiltmaker but he was bought out by the notorious Gold Brothers who own about six tourist-trap shops on and around The Royal Mile - they have retained his name over the shop-front, however. I personally would not patronise them - but that's just me!
Chef also says that he doubts that the three kiltmakers he lists employ "artisans" and that their kilts are hand-sewn on an "assembly line"! OK, perhaps he knows a lot more than I do about this, but I can vouch for the Geoffrey (Tailor) Ltd. set-up.
Excellent Hamish,
I have not dealt with John Morrison in a while and I was unaware of the new ownership. I definitely retract my suggestion of any shop owned by the Gold Brothers.
As far as the kilt assembly line, many kiltmakers, including Geoffrey (Tailor) were part of a couple of articles I read a few years ago about the new way even traditional kilts were made and how they were using more assembly line manufacturing and less artisans. Using journeyman kiltmakers to oversee task specific workers. The articles I read did not go into specifics about how much each maker was using the system only that they were. So, I am pleased to learn that Geoffrey Tailor is not using that much of it.
I don't necessarily think that the assembly line production of traditional kilts is bad, I have had kilts that were made that way and they are of good quality. I have also bought a kilts from GT and I was very pleased with them. My main point about artisans vs. assembly line (and I should have made it better) was that I prefer to support the art of kilt making.
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