Tartan Design

A wonderful story for Autumn/Winter 2012/13 – “Scottish Mist”.

The Anstey family, who are from Nova Scotia, proudly show off their Kinloch Anderson finery.

The sun might not be shining but there are certainly some lovely colours and fabrics to be seen wearing. Here is a little insight into some further suggestions from our Designer:

Deirdre Kinloch Anderson is seen here presenting three pupils at Loretto R.C Primary School in Musselburgh with their prizes. The class has been working on a project all about Scotland and one of the pupils had written to Kinloch Anderson to ask if someone could visit them and tell them more about tartan and kilt making.

Douglas and Deirdre attended the IoD Director of the Year 2012 Awards Dinner at the Radisson Blu, Glasgow.

The staff at Kinloch Anderson enjoyed meeting this amazing Giant Panda which does in fact look very real! It is on display at the Liquorice Tree Shop at Edinburgh Airport. We borrowed him so that we could make him a scarf in the recently launched Edinburgh Zoo Panda Tartan.

The Edinburgh Zoo Panda Tartan collection has been launched in our shop and also online. It is also available in the Edinburgh Zoo Gift Shop.

Yorkshire Tea’s travelling tea-mobile, Little Urn, visited Kinloch Anderson as part of a 12 day trip around Scotland to tempt Scots to try a “proper brew”. The Little Urn arrived in the Port of Leith yesterday, said to be the place the first cargo of tea arrived in Scotland, in 1833.

Kinloch Anderson’s rugby season is well underway as we are now proud sponsors of London Scottish FC. Just before Christmas we attended London Scottish FC’s lunch before their game against Melrose where supporters had the opportunity to be measured up and see the London Scottish tartan on display. We will attend another game later in the…

To tie in with Burns Night and the Chinese New Year, Edinburgh Zoo has unveiled the exclusive fine wool worsted Edinburgh Zoo Panda Tartan fabric to commemorate the arrival of Tian Tian and Yang Guang to their new home in Scotland. The unique panda tartan was showcased for the photographers at Edinburgh Zoo’s panda enclosure, where our own designer, Kirsty

Kinloch Anderson have been working closely with Edinburgh Zoo to commission a special tartan to welcome the giant pandas to Scotland.  The tartan has been approved by the Scottish Register of Tartans and reflects the huge cultural significance of Tian Tian and Yang Guang’s future arrival on Scottish shores.

Mark Johnston is one of Britain’s leading trainers and has trained over 100 winning horses for 17 consecutive seasons. He has won the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas, the Ascot Gold Cup three times and the Goodwood Cup five times.