Most people who buy a kilt in Canada never meet the person who made it. They might plug their measurements into a website, ...

It’s also the standard choice for most kilt hire companies. While some UK manufacturers produce tartan, the widest selection, including rare surnames and variations, comes from Scottish mills ...

Ultimately the tartan kilt is a universal symbol of "scottishness" and represents that culture and all its history.

A humble kilt maker from Auchinleck has been talent scouted to create an array of designs to be shown at New York Tartan Week.