They’ve inspired movies, toys and Hallowe’en costumes and now some of the comic book world’s best known superheroes are getting the tartan treatment.
Houston Kiltmakers in Paisley has created a new superhero tartan in a bid to get more youngsters to wear traditional Scots dress.
The 106-year-old kiltmaker has created seven tartans inspired by comic book superheroes. The range includes a purple and green tartan, inspired by The Incredible Hulk and a red and blue design in the colours of Spiderman.
However, with a price tag of £1,000, the specially commissioned tartans are only for the most diehard fans.
Superheroes who have been given the tartan treatment include Batman and Robin, Iron Man, Superman, Wolverine, The Incredible Hulk and Spiderman.
The tartans were created by Stuart Davison, Houston’s head of marketing, who posted the designs online and asked fans to vote for their favourites. The winning tartan was Batman, with The Hulk coming a close second.
Davison told The Scotman: “I just did this to try and get to a younger generation and try to involve them with the tradition – it’s a bit of an older generation thing at the moment.
“I really like the Batman and the Hulk ones – just because of the colours really match up with the characters - and I think they’ve had the most response as well.
“They’d have to be specially woven - it’d be pretty expensive to do.
“Probably at least £1,000 to have a length of this fabric made at the mill.”
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