Scotland Re:Designed Supportng Design, Commercialising Creativity & Selling Scotland
Annual showcase of Fashion, Accessories & Interiors at SWG3,
Glasgow 8 – 12 November 2017
Scotland as the source for top designs, quality textiles, and luxury fashion is well-known the world over. So it is great to see emerging and young talents get the continued support they need from the industry and experts.
This November, Scotland Re:Designed (SR:D) returns celebrating luxury and Scottish making all under one roof. The event opens on Wednesday 8th – Sunday 12th November at the multi-cultural arts venue, SWG3 .
The venue’s newly built Galvanizers will host its first ever runway plus a host of panel discussions with interior and lifestyle designer and agency, Ella Doran, Graduate Fashion Week trustee and former Fashion Director at the Daily Telegraph, Hilary Alexander OBE, and Managing Director at Graduate Fashion Week & Fashion Scout, Martyn Roberts.
For 2017, brands and designers have been encouraged to show their skills and demonstrate the knack behind their designs. Through display and workshops, with a Makers theme including rucksack-making from artist and illustrator, Alice Dansey-Wright and embroidery & embellishments workshops from award-winning textile designer Chloe Patience.
SR:D will provide industry-led panel discussions, creative demonstrations, workshops and the much-anticipated runway show and private view. A static exhibition will feature designs by April Crichton and contemporary art from Hamilton-born sculptor Martin Boyce, eyewear from Niche Optical, luxury Paisley knitwear from Pringle of Scotland, Hawick Knitwear collaborations, heritage tweeds, jewellery plus avant-garde fashion from Scotland’s hottest new names.
The weekend Hypermarket provides a unique opportunity to browse current season collections from Scottish brands and businesses. Building on SR:D Glasgow’s ‘Makers’ theme, the Hypermarket brings SR:D’s calendar to a phenomenal crescendo with exquisite food and drink, creative demonstrations plus high-end fashion brands and interior designs to an audience of trade, media & consumers.
Live DJ sets will take place from The Scottish Alternative Music Award’s Best Live Act winners The Van T’s and Dundonian alternative pop four-piece Model Aeroplanes.
SR:D is great for networking too, offering a unique chance for industry to meet face-to-face with exclusive Scottish businesses and brands, enabling new connections, collaborations and clients for Scottish design, propelling careers and bringing local skills and making into mainstream consciousness.
Perfect for students, graduates, industry and the entrepreneurial-minded, SR:D’s jam-packed programme will feature fashion elite, interior design experts, creative start-ups and powerful collaborators including cult designer Pam Hogg, Henrik Nielsen of The Danish Fashion Institute, photographer Stew Bryden and menswear designer Kestin Hare.
For more information and tickets, click HERE.
Photos above: Model Team’s Connor Newall & Amy McSloy by Aleksandra Modrzejewska , a Polish photographer based in Edinburgh.
No comments:
Post a Comment