Designed by Edinburgh’s Alex Imrie, Poland’s first tartan, was selected by the residents of Kraków as one that “best represented the spirit” of Kraków. The tartan’s pattern is large to represent Kraków’s Old Town square and colors reflect the Polish and Scottish flags. It is being made in Scotland in one of its last remaining traditional weaving mills.
The competition for Kraków’s tartan, which saw 26 entrants shortlisted to five before Imrie's design won an online poll, was organized by the cities of Kraków and Edinburgh, the Scottish-Polish Cultural Association, and the Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh's lord provost will present it to Kraków’s mayor on October 1st, a day after a film of its production is screened in Kraków’s Mały Rynek during the Scottish Tartan Festival in the historic Polish city.
