Lyle and Scott

Long-established brand of English knitwear. Its name has been linked to golf champions. The company was established in Hawick, Scotland, in 1874 by two partners, William Lyle and Walter Scott. Golfing champions such as Ian Baker-Finch and Greg Norman won the English Open Championship wearing Lyle and Scott clothes: every hand-worked garment is made from 10% cashmere, merino wool and natural fibers, and has an average content of 2.4 km of thread. The company’s traditional cardigans, waistcoats, and pullovers have been added to since 2002 with a younger line that incorporates the company’s established motifs: in particular, the gray, lemon and white outfit worn by Norman when he won the Open in 1986. In November 2000, the company opened a sales point in Tokyo; in January it was present at Pitti Uomo and later at the Golf Fair in Monaco. In July the same year, the brand reacheed an agreement with Hartmarx to distribute Bobby Jones clothing (the sports division of the American company Hickey-Freeman) in Europe. From September 2002 it has designed the official pullovers of the Scottish rugby team.