MacPherson's of Edinburgh

[deervin77]

I recently got a kilt made by MacPherson's of Edinburgh. A cousin of mine had one made there over fifty years ago, and he was the only reference I had for my first visit to that city. The shop is a good taxi ride outside of the city center, well off of the Royal Mile, which I took as evidence of authenticity. I had called several weeks before our trip and spoken to the owner, Alison, the granddaughter of the founder of the shop, Hugh MacPherson. She is a delightful person, and evidently an involved citizen and councillor for her neighborhood.

It seems that the operation had its day in the 50's and 60's, and she keeps up a nominal business, outsourcing kilt-making to independent and local makers, one of whom is in her nineties and had begun with Hugh Macpherson many decades ago. I received my kilt about 3 1/2 months later, and many entertaining phone calls besides. There was no hurry, and it was interesting getting to know what seemed like a very local business.

I'd like to hear any other experiences with MacPherson's.