In the 1860s William Anderson, along with his two sons, established a tailoring business in the city of Edinburgh. Within a few years of its creation, the company became one of the foremost tailors in the country.

For over 100 years Kinloch Anderson were based in the elegant splendour of George Street, which was befitting a company whose name became a byword for bespoke tailoring.  By the 1900s Kinloch Anderson had become an outfitter to the Royal Family.

Prior to the outbreak of the First World War, the Company extended its portfolio with the introduction of military tailoring, with officers’ uniforms being made for all the Scottish regiments.