All in the (Robertson) Family (the tartan, not the TV comedy)

[SF Jeff]

I wonder if their clothing business is now primarily hire. That would seem strange, because I can't imagine that being a big money-maker in the US.

There is (was?) a large Irish/Scottish population in the city for decades. Many settled in the Sunset and Richmond districts and the number of Irish pubs in those neighborhoods bears that out. I really miss those SF St Paddy's day pub crawls. We would always finish up at the Little Shamrock and I would walk a few blocks to catch the N train home. Very convienient. Anyway... I would think that a local kilt hire business would do well in the city.

But it was clear to me very quickly that I wouldn't learn anything about "Robertson Red (white line)" during my visit.

I wonder if Paul still owns/runs the store? He knew his stuff and took the business very seriously. He could walk you through a swatch book no problem.

[jsrnephdoc]

I wonder if Paul still owns/runs the store? He knew his stuff and took the business very seriously. He could walk you through a swatch book no problem.

When I purchased a kilt in 2016 there were three staff present. All 3 were kilted. There were two in evidence last week. One older and quite heavy, the other quite young and thin. Neither were kilted.

I just peeked at their website, which doesn't look much different from what I remember from previous browsing. However, it says nothing about a hire business, and when I asked about swatches from House of Edgar's "Genesis" collection, nothing suggested they had a clue what I was referring to.