Made-to-Measure kilts and outfits are now at a 20 week minimum lead time; Made-to-Measure Trews, Jackets and Waistcoats are a minimum of 12 weeks and bespoke accessories are a minimum of 8 weeks. Thank you for your patience.

The GNK x Xbox Collection

A limited edition selection of products designed and created in partnership with Xbox in Official Xbox Tartan. Designed and manufactured in Scotland.

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The GNK x Xbox Collection

GNK x Xbox Tartan Backpack
GNK x Xbox Tartan Bucket Hat
GNK x Xbox Tartan Blanket
  • Kilt Hire Appointments

  • Book an appointment for your perfect outfit with one of our hire wear specialists.
  • GNK Hire Outfits

  • At GNK Hire, we combine exceptional quality and plenty of choice to provide a highly-polished finish.
  • Find Your Tartan

  • Our large selection of district, contemporary, commemorative and clan tartans, supplied by our partner mills.
  • Gordon Nicolson Kiltmakers - Edinburgh's Finest Kilts

  • Expertly Tailoring Scotland's Iconic Handmade Kilts And Creating Highlandwear Outfits Designed To Last A Lifetime
  • How to Wear Highland Wear

  • We know it can be tricky to get right and keep right even when you're dancing all night long!

Kilt Hire Appointments

Book an appointment for your perfect outfit with one of our hire wear specialists. Book Now

GNK Hire Outfits

At GNK Hire, we combine exceptional quality and plenty of choice to provide a highly-polished finish. Hire Outifits

Find Your Tartan

Our large selection of district, contemporary, commemorative and clan tartans, supplied by our partner mills. Tartan Directory

Gordon Nicolson Kiltmakers - Edinburgh's Finest Kilts

Expertly Tailoring Scotland's Iconic Handmade Kilts And Creating Highlandwear Outfits Designed To Last A Lifetime Read More

How to Wear Highland Wear

We know it can be tricky to get right and keep right even when you're dancing all night long! How to guide

The Finest Handmade Kilts

Have the full GNK expert experience from the comfort of your own home. Our detailed measuring guide, extensive tartan directory and styling inspiration is all just a click away.

Order your handmade kilt, tailored to last a lifetime today.

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Real Folk Making The Real Thing

We’re artisans not inventors, human beings not gurus. There is love, pride and craftsmanship in everything we do. And we’re here to make you a beautiful kilt.

Traditional handmade kiltmaking. Rooted in the past. Engineered for the future. Pleated to perfection.

LoullyMakes

Mrs Gordon Nicolson (you can call her ‘Louise’) is the creative force behind colourful GNK’s sister brand -LoullyMakes. From the comfort of the family homestead in Dunbar, she uses glorious traditional fabrics to create consistently beautiful and surprisingly useful things. Combining the finest tartans and tweeds with gorgeous Liberty fabrics and sumptuous velvets, her selection of goodies brightens up our Canongate shop - and keeps many a female partner busy whilst the lads get measured for their kilts.

In the Heart of Mid Lothian...

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From Our Family To Yours...

At the heart of it all, is a hardworking team - the GNK Family. A wee but mighty bunch of experts in the field of highlandwear and all that it entails. Your GNK experience will be a special one.

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  • Styled To Perfection

  • Our exciting and unqiue editorials will help you create your perfect outfit down to the very finest details.
  • The GNK Family

  • Meet the people behind every stitch
  • John Muir Way Tartan

  • coastal colours
  • A Tartan Tale : The Nursing Tartan

  • Support those who are always there to support us
  • Celtic F.C Tartan

  • one for the bhoys
  • Edinburgh Kiltmakers Academy

  • Our kiltmakers are highly trained through our Edinburgh Kiltmakers Academy courses. Fancy learning the art of this beautiful, timeless heritage craft? Find out more...

Styled To Perfection

Our exciting and unqiue editorials will help you create your perfect outfit down to the very finest details. Gallery

The GNK Family

Meet the people behind every stitch GNK Family

John Muir Way Tartan

coastal colours THE COLLECTION

A Tartan Tale : The Nursing Tartan

Support those who are always there to support us Charity

Celtic F.C Tartan

one for the bhoys The Collection

Edinburgh Kiltmakers Academy

Our kiltmakers are highly trained through our Edinburgh Kiltmakers Academy courses. Fancy learning the art of this beautiful, timeless heritage craft? Find out more... EKA

THE KILTMAKERS CHRONICLE

A Tartan Tale: John Muir Way

An ode to the spectacular coastline of East Lothian...

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Meet The Makers: Kilberry Bagpipes

An intimate photo story inside the artisanal bagpipe makers behind our exclusive Kilberry Collection.

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Press: Contemporary Classics Tour

In this Contemporary Classics Tour film, Gordon talks about the importance of provenance, the preeminent role of the kiltmaker, and what integrity means to him. 

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