Prelude to fashion festival is ready to kick off

The seventh Edinburgh International Fashion Festival kicks off with a prelude event tomorrow (Thursday, 26 April) at The Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh ‒ The Caledonian. A highlight of Scotland’s cultural calendar, the festival, curated by Dutch supermodel and Edinburgh-based Anna Freemantle-Zee, will comprise a series of inspiring events including groundbreaking fashion film screenings and thought-provoking panel…

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New jewellery collection is set to go on display

An Edinburgh jewellery designer is launching her new collection in the capital this week. Sally Cuthbert’s latest Littlehouse Jewellery collection, titled Albert21, is being launched on Friday, 27 April, at the Open Eye Gallery, in Abercromby Place. This solo exhibition, running until Saturday 6 June, is a collection of over 20 necklace designs, all handmade…

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Scots fashion designer launches spring/summer collection

A Scottish fashion brand designer has released her spring/summer range for 2018. Elizabeth Martin combines heritage with modernity in a celebration of contemporary British style. Elizabeth Martin, a Lanark-based contemporary womenswear label, presents understated luxury for the modern woman who values quality and fit. Using 100% British resources, all fabrics are still sourced within the…

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Scotland’s on the cusp of a fashion renaissance

Scotland is leading the way when it comes to fashion. That’s the view of Lord Eddy Downpatrick, the founder of the menswear and accessories range FIDIR. What is it about Scotland that makes it so fashionable? I think Scotland is really on the cusp of a movement in terms of fashion; it’s great to see things moving…

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A passion for fashion sees new Mackintosh range launched

Scotland’s legendary artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh is being taken to New York as part of Tartan Week. Glasgow design studio Randak is launching its new brand Toshie Mackintosh, a collection of fabrics and wallpapers, inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs, during Scotland Week, which runs until April 12. The company has produced a full colour…

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Step into spring with the new Walker Slater collection

A prestigious Scottish hotel is to host a luxurious fashion show in the stunning surrounds of the world-famous Peacock Alley. Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian has partnered up with tweed-tailor specialists, Walker Slater and top jeweller, Laings, for the event. An exclusive global showcase of Walker Slater’s spring/summer collection, accessorised with sparkling jewellery from…

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Sherlock Holmes tartan launch is a huge success

Fashion was an elementary part of the official launch of the Sherlock Holmes tartan. Scottish Field revealed last week that the Great Detective had become the first literary character to have his own tartan approved by the Scottish Register of Tartans. Holmes was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who was born in Edinburgh and…

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A study in tartan as Sherlock Holmes is in fashion

Sherlock Holmes has become the first literary character to have his own tartan approved by the Scottish Register of Tartans. The Great Detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born in Edinburgh and gained his medical degree from Edinburgh University. And it is a Conan Doyle descendant who has highlighted these Scottish…

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Winning design for New Lanark is revealed

A talented designer has won a Scottish textile print competition. New Lanark, an 18th century cotton-spinning Mill Village and one of Scotland’s six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has delighted to announce the winner of its textile print competition in celebration of the Artist Textiles Picasso to Warhol exhibition which runs at New Lanark until the…

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Hamilton and Inches pays tribute to its proud past

A new era of watchmaking has chimed for Scotland’s luxury jewellery house Hamilton & Inches. The firm is releasing a new classic wristwatch the Eighty Seven in a nod to its 150-year-old horology heritage. The Hamilton & Inches 1920 watch catalogue stated: ‘The name of Hamilton & Inches on clocks, watches, regulators and chronometers, is…

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