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About Scottish Kilt · Est. 2020

A kilt is a measurement, not a size

Since 2020 we have cut, pleated and hand finished Highland dress one person at a time. Five thousand tartans on file. Fifty countries served. No stock sizing, not once.

Scottish Kilt, where it all began in Scotland, 2020
Every kilt, one person Cut, pleated and hand stitched to a single set of measurements. Nothing on our shelves was made for a stranger.
2020Founded
50+Countries served
5000+Tartan fabrics
100%Made to order
Who We Are

Who We Are

Scottish Kilt is a made to order kiltmaker and supplier of Scottish dress, trading since 2020 and delivering to more than fifty countries.

Behind the website is a working team of kiltmakers, cutters, fabric buyers and fitting advisors. Our makers know how to carry a sett cleanly through a set of pleats, where the fall should break against the knee, and how to build a waistband that keeps its line after ten years of wear. When you write to us about sizing or tartan, one of them writes back.

We are not a dropshipper and we do not print on demand. We buy and hold our own cloth. We cut only once your measurements arrive. Our name goes on every garment we send out, so we make sure it is one we are willing to sign.

Who makes itTrained kiltmakers who hand pleat and hand stitch, garment by garment.
Who we serveWeddings, Highland Games, pipe bands, graduations, clan gatherings, everyday wear.
Where we areRegistered in London with a second address in Sheridan, Wyoming.
Who answers youA real person on email or WhatsApp, usually inside one working day.
A Scottish Kilt kiltmaker hand pleating tartan at the workbench
Our kiltmakers at the pleating bench
Tartan cloth measured and cut to a customer's own measurements
Cut to measurement, never to a size chart
Finished kilts inspected by the Scottish Kilt team before dispatch
Final inspection before dispatch
Where Scottish Kilt began, Scotland, 2020
Our Story

Our Story

Founded in 2020. Built the same way ever since.

We opened in a year when almost nothing was reliable. The problem we set out to solve was plain enough. Most kilts sold online were built to a size chart, and a size chart cannot know where a person actually carries their waist. So we built the business around measurements instead of guesses.

Every order was custom from the first week. Your waist, your length, your tartan, cut fresh for you. Word travelled quicker than we planned for. Orders reached four continents inside twelve months, and by 2022 we were sending kilts to more than thirty countries.

The scale has changed since then. The tartan library now runs past five thousand fabrics and the workshop has grown around it. The method has not moved an inch.

The one thing we refused to change was how the kilt actually gets made. Six years on, that still looks like the right call.

Scottish Kilt · Est. 2020
What We Do

What We Do

We make and supply Highland dress. Custom kilts, complete outfits, and every piece of cloth and hardware that finishes them properly.

Kiltmaking

Made to order kilts

Cut and hand pleated to your waist and your length. Traditional tartan, utility, hybrid, denim, leather, tweed and great kilts, across more than a hundred styles.

Cloth

Tartan research and sourcing

Over 5,000 setts on file covering clan, district, universal and solid cloth. Send us a surname and we will help you find the tartan that belongs to it.

Outfitting

Complete Highland outfits

Argyll, Prince Charlie and Doublet outfits supplied as one coordinated set. Jacket, waistcoat, kilt, sporran, hose, flashes and brogues, sized to work together.

Groups

Weddings and party orders

Wedding parties, pipe bands and clan gatherings dressed in one matched sett, with every garment measured individually and a single named contact throughout.

Accessories

Everything that finishes it

Sporrans, kilt pins, belts, buckles, ghillie brogues, hose, flashes, fly plaids, Glengarry and Balmoral bonnets, bagpipes and practice chanters.

Delivery

Worldwide shipping and fit cover

Tracked, insured delivery to over fifty countries in 12 to 17 days, with rush production when you need it. If the fit is wrong through our error, we remake it free.

Hand pleating and hand stitching a tartan kilt
How We Work

The craft behind every kilt

Eight yards of cloth. Pleated at the back, flat at the front, fastened at the waist. The idea is plain. Doing it correctly is not. The pleats have to be even. The sett has to run true through every one of them. The fall has to break at the right point on the knee.

Each kilt is hand pleated and hand stitched by makers who have spent years at it. Our cloth comes from mills that have supplied kiltmakers for generations. Heavy wool for traditional work, poly viscose where a kilt has to travel, denim and leather for utility styles. We choose cloth for the job it has to do, not for what it saves us.

Cloth
8 yards, mill sourced
Pleating
Hand set to the sett
Stitching
Hand finished throughout
Production
12 to 17 days, rush available
Milestones

Six years, one method

We have grown every year since 2020 without touching the thing that made it work. The markers we are proudest of are not revenue figures. They are the points where the craft itself got better.

2020

Founded in Scotland

Opened with every kilt custom from the first order. No stock sizing, ever.

2021

Orders reach four continents

Word travelled quickly. Within twelve months we were shipping worldwide.

2022

Thirty plus countries served

The workshop grew to keep pace, without changing how a kilt was made.

2023

Tartan library passes 3,000 setts

Clan, district and universal tartans added steadily as demand grew.

2024

Fifty countries reached

Tracked, insured shipping extended to cover more of the world.

2025

Sister brands launched

Tartan Trousers and Oktoberfest Outfit joined the group, same workshop, same standard.

2026

5,000+ tartans on file

The library has grown past five thousand fabrics. The method hasn't moved an inch.

Trusted Source

Why you can trust Scottish Kilt

Scottish Kilt trades as a registered private limited company, Company No. 15047818, with a registered office in London, a US address in Wyoming, and a returns policy you can read before you buy.

We have traded without a break since 2020 and delivered to more than fifty countries. Our cloth is bought from established mills. Our kilts are hand pleated and hand stitched in our own workshop and never handed off to a bulk manufacturer. Checkout runs on Shopify with PCI compliant processing, and we hold no card details at any point.

If a garment does not fit because we got something wrong, we remake it at no charge. Returns run for 30 days. Those terms have not changed since our first order shipped.

Made to your numbers

Built to your waist and your length. Not to a size chart, and not to whatever happens to be in stock.

Shipped and insured

Tracked and insured on every route, packed so it arrives in the condition it left in.

We pay for our errors

If the fit is wrong on our side, we remake it free. Tell us within 7 days of delivery.

A person, not a bot

Ask about sizing or tartan and a member of the team answers you directly.

What We Stand For

Three things we never trade away

Plenty about this business has changed since 2020. These three have not, and they are the reason the rest of it works.

Fit comes first

A kilt that does not fit is a kilt that lives in a wardrobe. Every decision we make about how a garment is built answers one question before any other. Will this fit the person who ordered it?

Cloth that survives

Lighter substitutes photograph beautifully. After a year of real wear the difference stops being subtle. We buy the same weights the mills have supplied to kiltmakers for generations.

Straight answers

We will not claim stock we do not hold or promise a date we cannot hit. In six years of doing this, nobody has ever thanked us for a polished answer over an honest one.

Social Proof

What our customers say

4.9/5

Averaged across verified customer reviews on our kilt and outfit range.

Right on the first attempt. I sent in two numbers and the kilt arrived hanging exactly the way a kilt is supposed to hang.
James M.Verified buyer, Edinburgh, UK
Eight kilts for a wedding party in one matched sett. Every single one fitted its owner. Every email answered inside a day.
Daniel R.Verified buyer, Toronto, Canada
The wool has real weight to it and the pleats are even the whole way round. You can feel the gap between this and the cheap kilts I have owned.
Robert K.Verified buyer, Melbourne, Australia
4.9 / 5Verified rating
50+Countries served
30 DaysReturns window
SecurePCI compliant checkout
From the Blog

Notes from the workshop

Tartan history, sizing advice, and stories from the people who cut and pleat your kilt.

Company Information

Our parent company and legal entity

Scottish Kilt is the trading brand of a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 15047818.

That registered company is the legal entity behind this website. It owns the Scottish Kilt brand, employs the kiltmaking and support team, and is the contracting party on every order placed through scottishkilt.co. It also operates our sister brands, Tartan Trousers and Oktoberfest Outfit. Invoices, refunds and warranty claims are all handled by the same entity.

Our registered office is in London and we hold a second address in Sheridan, Wyoming for customers in the United States. Write to either one. Whether it is a returns query, a trade enquiry or a legal notice, a person reads it.

Trading name
Scottish Kilt
scottishkilt.co
Company registration number
15047818
Registered in England and Wales
Registered mailing address, United Kingdom
Scottish Kilt 167 to 169 Great Portland Street
Fifth Floor
London, England, W1W 5PF
United Kingdom
Mailing address, United States
Scottish Kilt 30 N Gould St, STE 20361
Sheridan, WY 82801
United States
Contact
info@scottishkilt.co
+44 7456 445262
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