What a year 2024 has been so far for Houston kiltmakers for Tartan design. We of course having been bringing you the best highland wear available since 1909 of course but this is standard... The post Our 2024 Tartan Design’s appeared first on Houston Kiltmakers Blog ..read more

Houston kiltmakers has been in the heart of paisley for over a century and in that time, the shop has been through a lot. Starting 4 generations ago our family business emerged as a... The post History of Houston Kiltmakers appeared first on Houston Kiltmakers Blog ..read more

Here at Houston Kiltmakers we have 2 of the most renowned tartan designers in Scotland. Our 4th generation family business is owned by father & son Ken & Ewan MacDonald. They are experts in... The post Learn about Tartan Design appeared first on Houston Kiltmakers Blog ..read more

We bring you this USA kilts buying guide to Highland wear as it is celebrated globally by people of all cultures, backgrounds & demographics, we ship our premium highland wear goods around the world. Kilt outfits having become growingly popular over in the USA particularly, from tartan enthusiast to scottish us residents. The beauty of Scotland’s national dress is seen everywhere. Most of our US consumer base are mostly interested in buying a kilt / kilt outfit to keep & treasure for many years. Buying a kilt outfit allows you to have a wardrobe staple that can be dressed up or down fo ..read more

Highland wear is a key part of scottish weddings and embracing scottish heritage and history. Scottish traditions and dress is celebrated everywhere in and out with of Scotland by people of all backgrounds & demographics. Most highland wear and other scottish traditions date back centuries and there is multiple ways people can incorporate and build a scottish wedding from subtle to maximal ways. Tartan has been used for uniting and celebrating families for generations and is much easier to incorporate into weddings than most expect. This blog explores creating a traditional scottish weddin ..read more

Tartan is embedded in Scotland’s culture & history. Despite it being at the heart of every Scots identity most don’t know the full story behind it. Tartan is so intertwined in every aspect of Scotland & is celebrated globally, our little piece of patterned cloth is rich in history & this blog covers exactly that. What is tartan?- Tartan is a woven fabric which is made up on a weaving loom by crossing over vertical & horizontal threads of colour. Tartan gets its pattern & colours by alternating colours by row and follows interlocking Criss cross woven threads to create str ..read more

This link will lead you to all the styles of Anderson tartan we do in store such as muted, ancient and modern Anderson tartan https://www.kiltmakers.com/tartan-search/search/?search=anderson This link will lead you to the Scottish register of tartans however some of these tartans may be privately owned and created and would require permission to be used and woven https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/qResults?searchString=anderson This link will lead you to some of our clan crest accessories that we do for Anderson https://www.kiltmakers.com/clan-crest-accessories.html?option[Clan+Crest]=Anderson ..read more

This link will lead you to all the styles of Baird tartan we do in store such as ancient and modern Baird tartan https://www.kiltmakers.com/tartan-search/search/?search=baird This link will lead you to the Scottish register of tartans however some of these tartans may be privately owned and created and would require permission to be used and woven https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/qResults?searchString=baird This link will lead you to some of our clan crest accessories that we do for Baird https://www.kiltmakers.com/clan-crest-accessories.html?option[Clan+Crest]=Baird+of+Auchmedden With most k ..read more

This link will lead you to all the styles of Black watch tartan we do in store such as weathered, ancient, muted and modern black watch tartan https://www.kiltmakers.com/tartan-search/search/?search=black+watch This link will lead you to the Scottish register of tartans however some of these tartans may be privately owned and created and would require permission to be used and woven https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/qResults?searchString=black%20watch With most kilts we would recommend a heavyweight Black watch tartan kilt as it will sit better We have 19 black watch tartans that we sell in st ..read more

This link will lead you to all the styles of brown tartan we do in store such as modern brown tartan which is a lovely red, black and blue pattern as well as brown watch https://www.kiltmakers.com/tartan-search/search/?search=brown This link will lead you to the Scottish register of tartans however some of these tartans may be privately owned and created and would require permission to be used and woven https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/qResults?searchString=brown With most kilts we would recommend a heavyweight Brown tartan kilt as it will sit better and holds shape well We have 4 brown tarta ..read more