About Catherine Aitken Scotland

Catherine Aitken has been designing clothes and accessories from a very tender age, she was taught the skill by her grandmother while growing up in the Scottish city of Dundee. With a kilt-making uncle and other relatives who loved to wear mohair and tweeds, it's no surprise that Catherine went on to develop a love of tartans and traditional Scottish textiles in her later years.

Catherine’s background is as a film and television producer having worked in the industry for nearly fifteen years on cinema and tv drama, documentary and commercials. Her design skills and film career came together when she started producing handbags as a promotional tool for her company. With so many people asking where they could buy the distinctive designs, however, she was finally prompted to set up her own label, establishing the Catherine Aitken Scotland online boutique in 2005. Catherine’s work references the faded romanticism of antique postcards and images of Scotland – carrying more than a hint of old-style glamour, and her designs have recently been seen at some very starry events.

"All the muted and jewelled colours of the gorgeous textiles emulate the Scottish landscape and make you think of everything from the elegance of country ladies to that glorious Brigadoon notion of Scotland", Catherine says.

Catherine has exhibited in New York and Los Angeles, and throughout the UK. Her Collection have been sold to the US, Australia, Japan and throughout Europe and the UK. The National Galleries of Scotland commissioned Catherine to design a set of accessories to tie in with their Titian Exhibition in 2005 and she also participated in the Gifted Exhibition at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh in 2006. Other Exhibitions include the Taleisin Gallery Swansea, Gifts for Men Stafford Gallery, Winter Warmth in Park Gallery Falkirk and Lime Gallery Glasgow. She has showcased twice at the Catwalk of Dressed To Kilt. The Collection has also been covered by various magazines and newspapers at home and abroad - Elle, She, Daily Mail, Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian to name but a few, as well as inflight magazines and web based fashion mags.

Catherine Aitken Scotland - an original collection which elegantly combines tradition with vogue. All handbags and accessories created from beautiful Harris Tweed, Mohairs, Tartan and Wools - combined with sumptuous silks and velvets, trims and leathers. Catherine also creates designs for her Renaissance Collection, creating new and wonderful accessories from vintage clothing and kilts.