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A shop displays tweed jackets and tartan kilts on mannequins and hanging rails beside an antique sideboard and framed photographs.
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MacGregor & MacDuff

Master kiltmakers on Dumbarton Road for twenty years, measuring and fitting highland dress from more than four thousand tartans.

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MacGregor & MacDuff are master kiltmakers, and their West End kilt shop has stood on Dumbarton Road for twenty years, behind a slate-blue front with the name in gold and a window dressed for the season.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

Inside, a sign on the wall reads master kiltmakers since 1979, and the room is set out like a well-kept dressing room, with kilts, jackets and sporrans on stands and a wall that tells the story of tartan and the sporran.

It is the place to buy or hire highland dress, from a first kilt to a full wedding party. You are professionally measured and styled, and you can choose from more than four thousand tartans, from clan tartans to bespoke family tartans designed for a wedding and handed down as heirlooms. Alongside the kilts there are jackets, sporrans from semi-dress to clan crest, brogues and all the accessories. Kilts can also be hired from MacGregor & MacDuff in Edinburgh and Prestwick. The Dumbarton Road shop opens Monday and Thursday to Sunday, from ten, and is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Booking an appointment is advised.

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Before you go

The Dumbarton Road shop opens Monday and Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm, closing for lunch from 1pm to 1.45pm.

It is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Appointments are advised.

Hours
Mon, Thu to Sun 10:00 to 17:00 (closed 13:00 to 13:45); closed Tue and Wed.
Where
2359 Dumbarton Road, G14 0NN.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–1pm, 1.45pm–5pm
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
10am–1pm, 1.45pm–5pm
Friday
10am–1pm, 1.45pm–5pm
Saturday
10am–1pm, 1.45pm–5pm
Sunday
10am–1pm, 1.45pm–5pm

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A dark green shopfront carries a sign reading 'MacGregor MacDuff, Kings of Kilts, Kiltmakers', a decorated window display visible beside the entrance.
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The shop is twenty.

MacGregor & MacDuff's West End kilt shop on Dumbarton Road has been open for twenty years.

A shop display explains tartan and sporran history on a black wall, framed photographs and a mannequin dressed in a kilt outfit with hanging kilts on a rail.
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Four thousand tartans.

Customers are measured, styled and can choose from more than four thousand tartans.

A shop display explains tartan and sporran history on a black wall, a mannequin dressed in a kilt outfit standing beside hanging sporrans.
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Kilts fitted in America.

This autumn the team takes its kilt fittings to Boston, New York City and Richmond.

A tartan kilt with a sporran hangs from a wooden hanger beside a rail of jackets, framed prints and trailing ivy on a shelf above.
Did you know

A tartan for one family.

They design bespoke family tartans, like the Finnis tartan, made to celebrate a wedding and become an heirloom.

Mannequins in a shop display tartan kilt outfits with sporrans and tweed jackets, a green tweed waistcoat and jacket set beside a mirror.
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Hire in three places.

Kilts can be hired from MacGregor & MacDuff in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Prestwick.

A shop window display reads 'Kings of Kilts' above a fireplace stacked with logs, a tartan-draped armchair and wrapped gifts arranged beside it.
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The windows change with the seasons.

Each season brings a new window display.

A wall reads 'Master Kiltmakers, Since 1979' above a mannequin in a tweed jacket and kilt, hanging kilts and accessories displayed on shelving beside it.
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