Kiltane has a new flagship store. The Scottish specialist cashmere brand has opened on Covent Garden’s Floral Street in London, taking a 320 sq ft space for a term of 15 years.

The company, which is best known for its Edinburgh location, has relatedly few stores but tends to pick tourist destinations such as Scptland’s capital, Oxford, Cambridge and Windsor. This new store puts it in the middle of a key London tourist hotspot.

Other brands on the street include its most famous resident label, Paul Smith, plus Ganni, Rails, Theory, Agnès B, Radley and more.

Covent Garden in general has been thriving post-pandemic with a succession of major and niche name openings indecent periods.

Only last week we hears that Longines had selected it for its second London boutique (the area is a particular hub for luxury watch and jewellery brands).

Recent weeks have also seen the arrival of Peak performance, NN.07, Barbour, and Axel Arigato, while Strawberry has upsized and Oakley has reimagined its store there.