Glasgow kilt shops August 2024

[OC Richard]

I had a free morning and early afternoon yesterday here in Glasgow due to the rest of the band not arriving till later.

So I spent a few hours walking around Glasgow which of course included visiting the kilt shops.

I visited McCalls, MacGregor & MacDuff, and Slanj.

The first thing that struck me was how busy M&M and McCalls were. Both had a steady stream of people picking up their orders, with surprisingly large staffs doing their best to cope.

Slanj less so, but they told me that they haven't had that St Enoch Square location very long.

The other thing that surprised me was that I saw the same House of Edgar jacket styles in all three shops. Too bad Edgar doesn't seem to be doing gauntlet cuffs these days, at least on their tweed kilt jackets. (I'm guessing it's because gauntlet cuffs take more fabric and labour to make.)

It was nice to see Cheviot hose in a couple of the shops.

About sporrans, I think the offerings are an improvement over the ugly ubiquitous "semi-dress" sporrans that I've seen here on past trips. But in general the current styles don't do much for me. I don't know if I can put my finger on exactly why.

The sporrans I saw were by Margaret Morrison who as we know is capable of beautiful things, however the styles I like evidently aren't the styles that sell in Glasgow today.