Are there any kilt makers in the UK which stand above others in quality?

**Jock Scot** · 27th February 25, 10:24 AM

I can't say that I bother to venture into kilt shops these days as I have more than enough kilt attire to see me through for the foreseeable future. But, Chisholms of Inverness could well still be making kilts and if they are, you will have a fine garment that will last for years. The one they made for me is still going strong after many decades.

Yes, it was a tight fit on occasion and at the moment it is a tad loose but..............the kilt is perfectly sound and wearable even after some occasional rough use. I am afraid that I don't need a tartan collection in kilt form that many of you seem to require. Frankly, I really do not understand the need.

**SF Jeff** · 27th February 25, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by jsrnephdoc

I went to Wm Glenn & Son in SF (very nice shop, by the way, just off Union Square), and purchased my very first personally selected kilt.

When I used to work downtown in the city, I would sometimes take a long lunch and walk the few blocks to the store and hang out there. Got to know the owner/manager Paul (still have his business card with his cell number written on the back). I also got my first kilt there, although I didn't buy it in store, but at his stall at the local highland games. The whisky shop in the back is subletted if I remember correctly.

**jsrnephdoc** · 27th February 25, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by SF Jeff

The whisky shop in the back is subletted if I remember correctly.

Meaning that it's cooperatively operated, or that it's now completely in someone else's hands, perhaps even doing something else?

I must admit that my palette is VERY unsophisticated, not up to the task of calling up 4 syllable adjectives to describe wine, whisky, OR coffee tasting notes (I'm guessing the generative AI bots will do a MUCH better—and perhaps hilarious—job of that than I ever could).

Perhaps my curiosity genes were more active when I began trolling the USA Kilts website a few years ago, but I really didn't LEARN a lot at Wm Glen, although I liked the kilt I ordered there. Do YOU know where they're made? In Scotland? In Wm Glen's basement or shop somewhere else in the US?