101 Scottish Designers
I like to think that over the past year or two I've gathered a plentiful bank of knowledge on local designers, so here is my master list of 101 (yes, it took me a while!) of my favourite Scottish or Scotland-based fashion designers, both menswear and womenswear, textile and knitwear designers, and jewellers.
Womenswear
1. Birds of Prayers
2. Suk Wan Chan
3. Rowanjoy
4. Saunt and Sinner
5. Ryan Cowie
6. Rachel McMillan
7. Mairi McDonald
8. Emily Millichip
9. Isolated Heroes
10. Barbra Kolasinski
11. Nicci N
12. C. Watson
13. Morag MacPherson
14. Mischke Lingerie
15. Mister Thread
16. Squint
17. Leanne McFadyen
18. Hayley McSporran
19. Never Monday
20. Lizzie O Boutique
21. Distortia
22. Belinda Robertson
23. Iona Crawford
24. Kirsteen Stewart
26. Elizabeth Martin Tweed
27. Rebecca Torres
28. Totty Rocks
29. Lime Blonde
30. Siobhan McKenzie
31. Isolated Heroes
32. Holly Fulton
33. Liz Black
Menswear
34. Kerrie Aldo
35. G69
36. Cats Brothers
37. Charles Jeffrey
38. Native Tongue
39. Hidden Stag
40. The Tailor Retailored
41. Kestin Hare
42. Oddly Normal
43. KellyDawn Riot
44. Ten30
45. Buchanan Bespoke
46. New Bedford
47. Jaggy Nettle
48. M.G Gabriel
Knitwear
49. Esk
50. Rosie Sugden
51. We are Rushworth
52.
Eribe
53. Cross Cashmere
54. Yellow Bubble
55. Green Thomas
56. Brora
57. Hilary Grant
58. Edition Scotland
AND THE REST!
Textiles
59. Wendy Morrisson
60. Mimi Hamill
61. Aimee Kent
62. Niki Fulton
63. Mairi Helena
64. MYB
65. Laura Spring
66. Risotto Studio
67. Timorous Beasties
68. Hatty Pattison
Jewellery
69. Instrmnt
70. Tom Pigeon
71. Kirsty Dalton
72. Objectified
73. Vi.S
74. Willow
75. Bonnie Bling
76. Jo Podelko
77. Source Design
78. Lia B
79. Polymorphics
80. Euan McWhirter
81. Tubular
82. Rebecca Sarah Black
83. Vonne Alley
84. Sheila Kerr
85. Gilly Langton
Accessories
86. Silken Favours
87. Kerr Watson
88. Catherine Aitken
89. Silk Self
90. Strathberry
91. Victoria Leisa Bowles
92. Karen Mabon
93. Rhodesian of Edinburgh
94. Sleekit
95. Rie + Mil
96. Heather Margaret Grace
97. Nu Blvck
98. Bebaroque
99. Trakke
100. Kitsch Me Vintage
101. Helen Ruth
Organisations like The Scottish Design Exchange, Scotland:Redesigned, Craft Scotland, Local Heroes and Wear Eponymous are fantastic for supporting, promoting and celebrating local designers and artists, but without customers, these creative talents are forced to close and go back to the day job.
My work and of course my blog aims to encourage people to #shoplocal, so I hope this post helps you lovely readers to discover and explore emerging labels based right here in Scotland.