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Swatches of tartan cloth fanned out round reels of thread at Stewart Christie & Co
Edinburgh

Stewart Christie & Co, Edinburgh

Scotland's oldest bespoke tailor, established in 1720, with its shop and atelier at 63 Queen Street in Edinburgh's New Town.

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Stewart Christie & Co traces its trade in Edinburgh back to 1720, which makes it Scotland's oldest bespoke tailor.

It began as Marshall Aitken; Christie and Son, founded in 1804, and J. Stewart and Sons came together under the name Stewart, Christie in 1933.

The shop at 63 Queen Street makes bespoke and made-to-measure tailoring for men and women in its own atelier, along with kilts, tartan trews and estate tweeds, and it sells ready-to-wear coats, knitwear, shirts and accessories, with tartan and tweed by the length. It also makes legal and judicial dress, and makes the uniforms of Edinburgh's High Constables of Holyrood.

A bespoke suit takes weeks and several fittings, but a scarf, a tie or a length of tweed can be carried home the same day.

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Before you go

Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm; fittings by appointment.

63 Queen Street, Edinburgh.

Tue to Sat
10:00 to 16:00.
Sun and Mon
Closed.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10am–4pm
Wednesday
10am–4pm
Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday
10am–4pm
Saturday
10am–4pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

63 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4NA.

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