Fashion
Student wins Savile Row tailor competition
A STUDENT will have her textile designs made into a sports jacket by a prestigious Savile Row tailor which inspired the Kingsman movies. University student Lois Cowie, 22, won the design challenge set by Savile Row tailor Huntsman and Huddersfield Fine Worsteds, based in West Yorkshire, whose customers include the royal family. The companies challenged students…
Read MoreGray’s School of Art students team up with Braemar Castle
FASHION and textile students from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University are working with a team from Braemar Castle to create clothes for their fashion show at Aberdeen Art Gallery on 5 May. Twenty first-year students have worked on the project to create garments that are linked to Braemar Castle. A total of…
Read MoreKestin designs uniforms for Kimpton Charlotte Square hotel
SCOTTISH menswear brand Kestin has designed new unisex uniforms for the front of house staff and concierges at the Kimpton Charlotte Square hotel in Edinburgh. Members of the front of house team have been given a “Vineyard Green Rosyth Shirt Jacket”, which has been described as: “A versatile workwear-inspired overshirt [that] epitomises the label’s utilitarian…
Read MoreDressed to Kilt moves to Washington DC
THE Dressed to Kilt fashion show is moving from New York City to Washington DC to mark its 20th anniversary. Guests at the event on Saturday will include All Quiet on the Western Front scriptwriter Lesley Paterson, record-breaking rower Taylor Winyard, and Lucy Sophia Thomson, holder of the 2022 Miss Scotland title. Fellow guests include…
Read MoreTwo tartans launched in Edinburgh
TEXTILE designer Araminta Birse-Stewart has launched two tartans at The Scottish Textiles Showcase, a boutique in Edinburgh. Her “Highlands at Dawn” and “Highlands at Dusk” designs were triggered by Scotland’s skies. Birse-Stewart, founder and creative director at Araminta Campbell, explained that her inspiration for the designs came from her childhood holidays spent exploring the Highlands,…
Read MoreMsMissMrs launches ‘Womanufacture’
MSMISSMRS, the Glasgow-based community interest company that makes the famous “Empowerment Pants”, has launched its own factory, called “Womanufacture”. Its micro-manufacturing space will allow MsMissMrs to increase the production of its Empowerment Pants and Femfoods aprons. The proceeds from sales of the products are re-invested directly to support women and girls. Sylvia Douglas, founding director…
Read MoreTartan Blanket Company gets thumbs up from B Corp
THE Tartan Blanket Company (TBCo) in Leith has been certified by B Corp, an organisation that measures the social and environmental impact of businesses. The fashion and homeware company donates 2% of its revenues to charity each month, with 1% going to organisations that help people and the other 1% to bodies that help the…
Read MoreV&A Dundee prepares for tartan show
THE Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in Dundee wanted to see your tartan – and you didn’t let them down. Last year, Scotland’s design museum sent out a plea for Scots to search their wardrobes for examples of forgotten fashions featuring our national dress. Now, the museum is preparing to open “Tartan”, an exhibition that…
Read MoreStirling opens ‘pay what you can’ winter shop
A SHOP inviting customers to “pay what you can” for coats and other winter warmers has opened in Stirling. The Thistles shopping centre has opened the store in partnership with local charity Transition Stirling. The shop sells coats, rain jackets, jumpers, accessories, and boots for adults and children. Gary Turnbull, Thistles’ centre director, said: “These…
Read MoreMachine speeds up spinning for Shetlanders
SHETLANDERS are producing garments even faster thanks to innovative technology. Jamieson’s Spinning was awarded £33,600 from economic development agency Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) to increase capacity. The family-owned business operates from Sandness and has invested in the latest Shima Seiki knitting machine that uses computer numerical control (CNC) technology. This process uses computerised machines…
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