Fashion
The Tall Ship will host a musical celebration
Scotland’s premiere celebration of electronic music and one of the most exciting clothing labels around have teamed up to present a very special VIP experience on The Tall Ship for this year’s festival. The Riverside Festival and Forty Clothing will create a VIP area which will span above and below deck. Downstairs music lovers will…
Read MorePrayers are answered with a stunning gallery
As transformations go, the conversion of a former church into a stunning gallery and visitor centre showcasing the work of Orkney jewellery designer, Sheila Fleet, has been a spectacular one. A year on from opening its doors to the public, Sheila Fleet’s Kirk Gallery and Café, situated in Orkney’s east mainland, has firmly established itself…
Read MoreWhisky and tweed combine for a Father’s Day gift
One of Scotland’s oldest distilleries has partnered with contemporary tailors in a creative collaboration marrying two of Scotland’s finest whisky and tweed connoisseurs. In time for Father’s Day, The GlenDronach and Walker Slater have teamed up to design a tweed-dressed hip-flask to mark the launch of the partnership. The deep russet colours of the bespoke…
Read MoreScottish football women will look the part at World Cup
The Scotland Women’s National Team will travel to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in style this summer, thanks to Walker Slater. The Tweed specialists will supply the squad with Harris Tweed Hebrides jackets to wear as they fly out to France in June, ensuring the players and coaching staff look the part ahead of the…
Read MoreLeading fashion light to give talk in Edinburgh
A leading figure in high street fashion retail comes to Smart Works Edinburgh next month to share her remarkable career story. As former brand director of Topshop and then CEO of Whistles, Jane Shepherdson CBE has been lauded as the inspirational figure who took fashion from the catwalks and made it accessible for the everyday…
Read MoreTartan Day’s Dressed To Kilt was a massive success
Kilts and craftsmanship were on full display at this year’s Dressed to Kilt event. The hugely popular Dressed to Kilt Scottish fashion show in New York City featured a collaboration between Calzeat & Co Ltd and Glenisla Kilts worked together to produce the Navy SEAL Tartan kilt for Master Chief Edward Byers Jr., Navy SEAL…
Read MoreSheila Fleet to showcase her work in Glasgow
Orkney jewellery designer Sheila Fleet OBE is set to open a stunning new shop within Glasgow’s award-winning retail and leisure destination, Princes Square, this week. The new store, which opens on Friday (5 April), promises customers a unique retail experience, one reflecting the jewellery designer’s island homeland and the themes that define her work. Months…
Read MoreKate Spade New York to open first Scottish store
A New York life and style brand is opening its eighth store in Europe – and its first in Scotland. Kate Spade New York is to open its newest boutique in Glasgow as it continues to expand globally. Kate Spade New York’s new Glasgow shop at Princes Square is a celebration of the new brand…
Read MoreHat’s the way to do it as Pea uses her head
Glasgow based milliner Pea Cooper and famous clients like Paloma Faith are leading the charge in the renaissance of the hat. It isn’t often that a collection of granny’s hats is cited as the inspiration for cutting edge fashion design. But this is the spark that ignited milliner Pea Cooper’s career. ‘It may sound odd…
Read MoreA Summer on Speyside fuses whisky and fashion
A Scotch whisky distillery and a Scottish menswear designer have teamed up for a partnership which celebrates their creative approaches to design and whisky distilling. Kestin Hare’s Spring Summer 2019 Collection features five different garments inspired by the whisky, landscape and architecture of the BenRiach distillery in Speyside. Hare has teamed up with Scottish mill,…
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