Meet the Scottish kiltmaker who attire big-time celebrities

His skirts make the lads.

Howie Nicholsby attire the largest A-Listers in kilts to impress.

The fourth-generation kiltmaker as soon as was tasked with outfitting Vin Diesel, who grew up in Greenwich Village and whose mom is of Scottish descent, for the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland — and his kilt killed it.

“The producers needed them to vary outfits all through the present,” Nicholsby, 44, instructed The Publish just a few days earlier than NYC celebrated Tartan Week on Saturday with a parade up Sixth Avenue.

“He tried on the leather-based kilt and he mentioned, ‘F–okay’n hell, that is the bomb. I’m sporting this the entire f–king present.’”

Nicholsby, who owns Edinburgh-based 21st Century Kilts, can hint his movie star connections again to his dad and mom.

They constructed the kilt Mel Gibson wore to the premiere of “Braveheart,” and visited Charlton Heston’s West Hollywood mansion to measure him for one.

“My mother bought to carry Moses’ employees,” Nicholsby mentioned.

However, he recalled, his dad and mom, Geoffrey and Lorna, annoyingly “wouldn’t let me take the break day college to fulfill Scotty from ‘Star Trek.’”

He’s since dressed different bold-faced names like Ozzy Osbourne, John McEnroe and Prince Albert of Monaco.

In 2009, he match Lenny Kravitz for a kilt in Newcastle, England, earlier than the singer’s live performance in Glasgow, which ended sadly.

“He wore the kilt; he rocked it. He seemed wonderful,” Nicholsby mentioned.

“However whereas the present was on, Michael Jackson died.

“They have been good associates and had simply labored on one thing collectively.”

His creations — which vary in worth from round $900 to only over $3,000 — are primarily fabricated from a poly-wool mix or tweed, however he’s additionally recognized for edgy denim and leather-based creations .

Nicholsby began coming to the Large Apple for the Tartan Day Parade in 2000.

“Tartan” refers back to the plaids that establish Scottish clans.

“Scotland has a really previous beginning, demise, marriage document. It goes again to in regards to the 1100s,” he mentioned.

“So if you understand your surname and your loved ones originated in Scotland, you will get a unfastened connection to what we name a clan.”

Whereas he all the time maintains the clothes’s custom, he generally likes to vary issues up.

“The way in which I put on my kilt, relying what colour’s in season, what’s occurring like say with hoodies, or jeans or leathers, I strive a bit like Cher or Madonna, to vary my look each few years,” he mentioned.

“However the basis remains to be the identical.

“It’s nonetheless a kilt and funky boots.”