Handmade kilts tailored to an exacting standard by skilled artisans. Created with expertise in the heart of Edinburgh using the finest Scottish tartan.

Heritage of The Kilt

There’s a lot more to Scottish heritage than the kilt - but what a place to start. We’ve come a long way from the battered great plaid (‘feileadh mòr’) of the sixteenth-century Highlands to the modern sewn kilt in a newly-commissioned tartan, but the thread of our national identity runs through both.

It’s easy to play fast and loose with an icon (and many do), but at GNK we treat our heritage with the love and respect it deserves. Using only traditional techniques, we’re a young(ish) business with a very old soul. And we’re keen to share our passion for the history of our favourite garment - be that with customers in store or in one of our talks on the history of Highland dress.

Kilt Craftsmanship

We are kiltmakers on a mission: to reenergise a craft endangered by machine-made copies and the hoarding of knowledge in a competitive industry. In 2016, we founded the Edinburgh Kiltmakers Academy to train a new generation of independent young makers to work in the old style, creating the GNK Standard of kiltmaking to lead the highlandwear industry forward.

Come into one of our shops and ask us how our kilts are made - we’ll dig out an apprentice to tell you. You may even see one being sewn on site. Our highlandwear suppliers are like-minded artisans and respected authorities in their specialist fields, pleased to work with us to preserve and promote Scottish craftmanship.

Made In Scotland

We're proud to be Scottish. And to source our products locally.

And whilst we've been known to roam as far as England in pursuit of the perfect tailoring, if we can have something made closer to home, we absolutely will.

We work with...

  • Selkirk

    Lochcarron of Scotland

    Lochcarron of Selkirk, industry leaders, are at the forefront of reviving the tradition of weaving British and Scottish wool kilt tartans. They weave many of the stock tartans and collaborate closely with us to produce our own exclusive in-house tartan designs. Additionally, we work with them to develop exclusive and custom products.

  • Perth & Keith

    House of Edgar

    House of Edgar specialises in the weaving and supply of a diverse range of traditional and specialized stock tartans, as well as plain velvets. We also work with their Keith mill to produce our own authentic tartan designs and to create further tartan product ranges.

  • Hawick

    Lovat Mill

    The Home of Tweed - Lovat Mill has a worldwide reputation for excellence in weaving and are producers of the finest Scottish tweeds. We are proud to have developed our own exclusive Tweed cloth in partnership with Lovat Mill, which we use to craft our own Made-to-Measure and Off-the-Peg jackets.

  • Perth

    Margaret Morrison Sporranmakers

    Margaret Morrison are a family-run enterprise, handcrafting the finest traditional leather and horsehair sporrans from their Perth workshop. Their skilled craftsmanship and speciality bespoke service allow us to create our own exclusive ranges, and to offer our customers the freedom to build their own unique sporran.