Geoffrey (Tailor) tweed jacket

[OC Richard]

I've taken Geoffrey (Tailor) Edinburgh for granted for a very long time. Why? Simply because I see their booth every year at our largest California Highland Games.

Familiarity breeds contempt, they say, and the same thing happened with me concerning charcoal-grey tweed jackets; the internet is flooded with cheap-looking ones.

However when Geoffrey (Tailor) put up these charcoal-grey tweed jackets at a reasonable price on Ebay (due to them being ex-hire) I couldn't resist getting one.

I do like the cut and details, which are different from what I usually see nowadays.

The tweed has that nice look and "hand" that vintage tweeds do, with lovely texture and soft wooly feel.

And I can't deny the colour and texture looks super with my kilts!

[KennethSime]

Great find, Richard, and I appreciate the point about the sporran. My next sporran purchase is likely to be a hunting sporran, and you may have just convinced me to go for a darker brown.

[OC Richard]

It took me a while to make up my mind about which Margaret Morrison leather to go with.

There's no "wrong" choice! All are beautiful.



I hadn't noticed at first, but all of them combine two slightly contrasting leathers.

In the end I went with the darkest leather. It has something "old" about it that appeals to me.

And it works well with any of my outfits