We recently told you about some exciting news we received following a request from ITV. We couldn’t say too much at the time, but now we have the full story which has been republished here courtesy of the Evening Express – our newspaper here in North East Scotland:

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N-East firm’s kilts appear on TV show

They’re used to being flat out taking orders for parties over Christmas and New Year. But staff at an Aberdeen kilt company were left scrambling to meet their deadline for one festive delivery.

And workers at Alex Scott and Co (Kiltmakers) Ltd, which is based in the city’s Schoolhill, were stunned to find their creations appear on the All Star Mr & Mrs Christmas Special TV show.

Chris McLeod the firm’s Managing Director said: “We got a call out of the blue requesting three kilts but we didn’t know what it was for at the time.  They initially said it was for ITV2 so we were surprised to hear it was actually ITV1”

The game show which is hosted by Fern Britton and Philip Schofield, features celebrity couple taking part in a quiz to find out if they are really made for each other.

Actress Joan Collins and husband Percy Gibson, singer Emma Bunton and partner Jade Jones and Coronation Street actor Andy Whyment and wife Nicola went head-to-head in the competition.

And it was Ms Collins who came face-to-face with the Aberdeen kilts.

Three male models wore the Alex Scott creations, with Ms Collins asked to pick which one was husband’s on their wedding day.  The tartans requested were Weathered Buchanan, Weathered Grant and Weathered MacLean of Duart.

And Mr McLeod hopes the stint on TV could be good for business.

But the appearance on the show wasn’t the first time the firm has rubbed shoulders with celebrities.  Mr McLeod said: “We made Rod Stewart and his entire entourage kilts to wear on his Scottish tour a few years ago”.