DC Dalgliesh

[AustinDiver]

I have an order in progress. The kilt maker got the cloth. He confirmed DC Dalgliesh is closed on his Facebook page. I got mostly top quality cloth.

Last year they did a weave for an experimental tartan and had a hansewn kilt by Burnet Streuth and it looks great. (school colors)

[Mike S]

What a shame, and a terrible loss. They had some of the nicest cloth, and most pleasing colors IMO. Sad.

[AustinDiver]

The 2 kilts on the right are made from Dalgliesh Cloth.

[Troglodyte]

..the closure of this scarce part of the traditional cloth industry is in part one of the obvious and inevitable consequences of many following the synthetic cloth route.

Just saying.

Spot on, here, Jock..!

I have always felt that every synthetic material kilt is a loss to Scotland's traditional weavers, but if price rather than quality and authenticity is the deciding factor, Dalgleish's demise is part of the price paid.

We hear a great deal about 'cultural appropriation' when it comes to fashion and clothing, so it's a pity people take a different view when it comes to Highland dress and the long-etablished makers of it.

It sometimes feels like we're in the tail-end of a good night out - we've had a great time with pals, but the last-orders bell has been rung, the lights are being dimmed and 'Time please, gentleman..!' has already been shouted.

The only thing left is a lonely trudge home, through dark and dank streets.

[AustinDiver]

I recently wore a Tank to a Scout Camporee with a Scottish theme.
Most were appreciative of seeing an authentic kilt.

The stuff that gets sold at renfares is just trash.
I the same imported(not Scottish) synthetic stuff (just a little more polished) being sold in Edinburgh next to the castle.
I walked out of the large store.


Many of the more prominent kilt makers would not work with Dalgliesh. \\

[spr0k3t]

I found most shops near/around the Royal Mile were just tourist traps. There are some gems though.

[Troglodyte]

I found most shops near/around the Royal Mile were just tourist traps. There are some gems though.

There was a time when the Highland dress outfitters on the Royal Mile and around about were as good as anywhere, but those who like to prey on tourists' eagerness soon moved in with their 'tartan tat' and spoiled it all.

Princes Street was home to the large department stores selling superb quality goods, like Jenners, but these too have have lost out to cheap imports and changing ways. Edinburgh is no longer the city it once was.

For 'real' Highand dress and 'proper' outfitters, the visitor needs to get out into the wilds - like Stirling for Hendersons, or Pitlochry where Macnaughtans (shopping as it should be - since 1835 is their claim) still gives the buyer an experience of the good old days.

Maccalls and Alex Scott in Aberdeen, or Houstons in Paisley (not to mention all the others spread across Scotland) are genuine outfitters in the old style, with on-site tailoring, but none of these are really convenient for those basing themselves in Edinburgh. The kiltmakers in Grantown-on-Spey or Tarland and other remote or rural locations need the trade much more than those on the Royal Mile.

Perhaps we need to organise a coach-tour holiday for keen kilties, doing the 'tartan trail' like people do with the whisky trail. Any takers..?

[Jock Scot]

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For 'real' Higland dress and 'proper' outfitters, the visitor needs to get out into the wilds ----------

Perhaps we need to organise a coach-tour holiday for keen kilties, doing the 'tartan trail' like people do with the whisky trail. Any takers..?

Oh no! Perish the thought! I spend far too much of my time talking tartans and kilts already! The thought of being trapped in a bus for mile after mile after .......... talking about even more tartans and kilts, really does not appeal!!

[AustinDiver]

I just finished a Rick Steves tour in France. I am tired of being trapped in a bus being forced to listen to never
ending talks. Rick Steves is better than most.

The worst was a Holland American excursion out of Invengordon.
She was just making stuff up.

[spr0k3t]

Oh no! Perish the thought! I spend far too much of my time talking tartans and kilts already! The thought of being trapped in a bus for mile after mile after .......... talking about even more tartans and kilts, really does not appeal!!

You're right Jock... I'd be on that bus as well.