Kirsty & Dave's Big Day

August 03, 2022

With so many weddings happening this year we started writing blogs about some of our customer's big days. These blogs have been a great way to gain some insight into our customers' experiences. This blog is a similar type of story, but instead of it being about one of our customer's wedding experiences, it’s about mine! Hi, I’m Dave, I work at MacGregor and MacDuff and I finally got to marry my beautiful bride this past May. My job at MacGregor and MacDuff is to deal with the digital side of the business which includes writing these blogs, so for...

Ex-Hire Bargains

July 29, 2022

Our kilt ex-hire range is constantly being updated. When a hire product comes back to us after an event, it is inspected and a decision on whether or not it is kept in service or moved into ex-hire is made. This means that new kilts, jackets and accessories are added to ex-hire all the time.

Handfast for a year and a day

July 22, 2022

Handfasting is becoming more and more popular at Scottish wedding ceremonies. The ancient ritual of Celtic handfasting would have been seen as a sort of pre-marriage or trial run before both parties committed to the sanctity of marriage. The handfasting ceremony would validify the couple's commitment to each other for a year and one day, after which they would then decide if they want to continue the relationship and get married or go their own ways. The handfasting ceremony would also be seen as a public declaration that both parties were officially ‘off the market’ and rival suitors should back off.