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KESTIN

The Stockbridge shop of KESTIN, the menswear label Kestin Hare founded in Edinburgh in 2015, which cuts Scottish fabrics for modern life.

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Welcome

In Stockbridge, an olive-green shopfront carries the name above two window displays of folded knitwear and jackets, with a wooden sign swinging from an ornate bracket over the awning.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

Inside, the light falls across a wooden table and a rug, in front of rails and shelves set against wood panelling. Shirts hang in mustard, cream, rust and floral prints; jackets run from tan and gold to muted greens, one of them lined with sherpa. Folded trousers, caps and jumpers stack up on the wooden shelves, with bucket hats, leather boots and bundles of branded socks, and a vase of eucalyptus stands on the table. Ask about the fabrics, which are the heart of every piece, and try on a pair of the trousers.

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Before you go

Menswear: trousers such as the Clyde and the Inverness, shirts, knitwear, jackets, bucket hats and boots, much of it made in the UK.

Where
Stockbridge, Edinburgh.

Opening hours

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Monday
11am–6pm
Tuesday
10am–6pm
Wednesday
10am–6pm
Thursday
10am–6pm
Friday
10am–6pm
Saturday
10am–6pm
Sunday
11am–5pm

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A mannequin dressed in a khaki jacket and white trousers stands in Kestin's window above lettering reading 'DESIGN FROM SCOTLAND'.
Did you know

A husband and wife.

Kestin Hare started the label with his wife and business partner, after years designing menswear in London.

Rows of shirts and jackets hang on a wooden rail beside a mannequin dressed in navy in Kestin's shop window.
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Trained in outerwear.

He trained under Nigel Cabourn, the British outerwear designer, and has since worked with Berghaus and Henri Lloyd.

Shirts and a jacket hang on a rail beneath a folded jumper and bucket hat on a shelf at Kestin.
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Birds and Bond.

An early collection, in 2015, took its cue from Birds of the West Indies by James Bond, the ornithologist whose name Ian Fleming borrowed for his spy.

Folded jumpers, a bucket hat and boots are arranged on wooden shelves above a rail of jackets at Kestin.
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Whisky Galore.

The autumn and winter 2026 collection draws on Whisky Galore and the wreck of the SS Politician in 1941, when islanders salvaged its whisky from the sea.

Pairs of branded socks are bundled on a shelf at Kestin.
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Made in the UK.

The label makes in the UK wherever it can, and wants its work to create jobs in Scotland and keep craft industries going.

A rail of orange, cream and taupe shirts hangs beside a sunlit window at Kestin.
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Where it is

In Stockbridge, Edinburgh.

Close byThe places nearest KESTIN, in Stockbridge.
  1. Smith & GertrudeSmith & GertrudeA wine and cheese bar opened in 2015, with cheese to match every glass.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. The PantryThe PantryA brunch café on North West Circus Place, opened in 2012.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Golden Hare BooksGolden Hare BooksAn independent bookshop on St Stephen Street, its books shown face out.Under a mile 1 min by road
  4. Circus LaneCircus LaneA curving cobbled mews of the early 1800s behind Royal Circus.Under a mile 1 min by road
  5. StockbridgeStockbridgeAn old village on the Water of Leith, with a market arch of 1825.Under a mile 1 min by road
  6. An Independent ZebraAn Independent ZebraA gift and homeware shop on Raeburn Place, set up by makers in 2016.Under a mile 1 min by road
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A large steak on the bone cooking over glowing coals and flames on the grill at The Captain Darling.RestaurantsThe Captain DarlingA step away
Jorum Studio perfume bottles labelled Arborist and Medullary Ray displayed on a shop shelfShoppingJorum StudioA step away
Shop window reading "shoptreen.com, a killer wardrobe without killing the planet, treenShoppingTreenA step away
Plate of fudge, truffles, biscuits and cake with "Happy Anniversary" piped in chocolateRestaurantsPurslaneA step away
Candle and cocktail on a glass table beside an open fireplaceRestaurantsThe Last WordA step away
Avery's dining room in Stockbridge, with dark stone walls, a large black and white painting and candlelit tables laid with linen napkins.RestaurantsAveryA step away
The dark front of Skua at 49 St Stephen Street in Stockbridge, with its name in red neon letters down the wall beside the door.RestaurantsSkuaA step away
Artist touching a large blue seascape painting propped against a studio wallAttractionsSaorsa GalleryA step away
Fresh pasta nests, rolled shapes and gnocchi displayed in trays on a market stallAttractionsStockbridge MarketA step away

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