Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Scottish Lion Meets the Asian Dragon


 
This year’s From Scotland With Love fashion show features the Scottish Lion and the Asian Dragon in a ying/yang design and beautifully captures the tone the 2013 fashion show held in New York last night.  It was a wonderful evening featuring not only traditional Scottish tailoring and Chinese Han Couture, but also fresh, contemporary designs incorporating tartan, tweed and silk.  Modelling designs from Dame Vivienne Westwood, new talent from Edinburgh’s Napier University and others were Josh Elliot, co-anchor of Good Morning America, Colonel Martha McSally, the first female fighter pilot in US history, and Lord McConnell, former Scottish First Minister.  Notably, Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, took to the runway to model the World Peace Tartan.
Linking the fortunes of the Lion and the Dragon makes good economic sense.  As the economies of the UK, US and Europe are stalling or stagnating, the Asian Dragon represents the dynamism of the eastern economies.  Last night’s event was an excellent opportunity to promote Scottish designers, manufacturers to a new and growing market. 
It was a dynamic, lively and fresh event and Melanie and I were delighted to be there.  In addition to providing commercial opportunities for Scottish businesses, the primary aim of this annual event is to promote a more contemporary vision of Scotland.  The event honoured the Scottish diaspora who settled across the globe – notably in Asia – and took their traditions and heritage with them.  But it gave a vision of Scotland today that is international and outward looking; taking the traditional brand of tartan, tweed, woollens and kilts but representing them with a renewed freshness and vitality.
See below links from the show.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/josh-elliott-kilt-video-bible-miniseries-smashes-dvd-18913085

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/04/09/watch-fox-news-channels-maria-molina-and-anna-kooiman-work-the-catwalk-in-support-of-the-wounded-warriors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FoxNewsInsider+(Fox+News+Insider)




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