Crombie

Crombie was founded in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1805, making it one of Britain's oldest brands. Crombie began as a producer of luxury cloth, which it sold to cloth merchants and direct to London tailors.

By the 1850s, Crombie had won quality awards from Queen Victoria and Napoleon III at the Great Exhibition in London and the Exposition Universelle in Paris respectively. Later, Crombie expanded from simply manufacturing the fabric for other producers, to creating coats under its own name. Crombie is most famous for its luxury coats - so much so that the word 'Crombie' is sometimes used by other companies to refer to their own coats produced in the style of Crombie's most famous three-quarter length (usually wool) overcoats.

Originally founded in Cothall Mills, Aberdeen the company took over Grandholm Mills on the river Don in the mid 1800s. Becoming known as Crombie Mills the firm continued manufacturing in Aberdeen for 120 years closing in 1992.