We're Launching a New Kilt Jacket!

[Dominic MacGregor]

Thank you Dominic for your replies, which are entirely predicable, even though I had hoped they might not be!

You run a kilt hire business which does have to cater for all sorts of customers, most, I suspect, go to you for kilt attire advice because in your part of the world there is little family experience on kilt attire knowledge. I have to be honest here and say with the greatest of respect, that the advice you give is quite wrong as far as an experienced kilt wearing Highland Scot is concerned. Now I fully understand that it is economically unviable to cater for each and every individual, so I can see a "one style fits all" mentality is sensible.

Should I want to hire from your establishment my attire requirements for a day wedding would be entirely different. As your attire would not fit the thought processes that I, my family and our peers were brought up with. We read from a different book!

Interestingly, I recently hired a kilt and attire for a smart day wedding for a friend who was flying in from abroad, the kilt fitted perfectly, but the sporran, hose, shoes, jacket and tie although they fitted perfectly were quite unsuitable for the event. We successfully rustled around family and friends for the, what we considered, appropriate attire and everyone was happy. When I returned the hire attire, I had a chat with the owner of the concern and he was not in the least bit surprised and with his words ringing in my ears as I left his premises ---on good terms, I hasten to add, "the trouble with people like you, is that you actually know what you ought to wear!". I laughed all the way home at that!

Thanks for your feedback.

We offer a wide range of outfit options for hire and new to try and suit all of our customers. It is difficult to put across all the different options through a couple of photos on our website but each customer can custom build their hire or new outfit with the accessories they want.

The picture of the new Arran Navy jacket is just a stock image to show off our new jacket style and we have paired it with items that the majority of our customers would like to wear.

We have found as a company that we have had to modernise and move away slightly from what is considered traditional as a large number of our customers are looking for more modern outfits. For customers who are looking for traditional outfits, we still do this and offer as much advice as we can to help you get the outfit you are looking for. But we also need to move ahead with the times and try to offer modern outfits that still uphold the traditions of kilt wearing as much as possible.