“GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK – APRIL 2011 — Nominations and special honors for the 6th annual Scottish Fashion Awards in association with Vogue.com and Swarovski were announced this week, with an impressive array of industry names and fashion stars hailing from Scotland! With the world’s thirst for all things fashionable and Scottish, this imposing line up includes a diverse group of rising stars and industry leaders who embody and shape the energy, creativity, and vision that highlights Scotland as a leading producer of innovative fashion talent. International names such as Jonathan Saunders, Christopher Kane, Holly Fulton, Duchamp, Mackintosh and models Tali Lennox and Sophie Kennedy Clark shape the short list, supported by international fashion brands such as Mulberry, Rag & Bone, DAKS and House of Holland who will compete for their ‘Best Use of Scottish Fabric’ within their collections.
Nominations were selected from leading figures in fashion and an online nomination system. The finalists will be judged by an exclusive panel made up of professionals from the worlds leading fashion houses, the most renowned and respected fashion publications and leading figures in style with winners announced at the glittering awards ceremony and Gala VIP event on Wednesday 15th June at the architecturally renowned Glasgow Science Centre.
Now a firm fixture in the international fashion calendar VIP guests will join MTV presenter, the glamorous Laura Whitmore and an international fashion panel led by Founder & Chair Tessa Hartmann, alongside Dolly Jones Editor of Vogue.com at the glittering awards ceremony held in one of Scotland’s 21st Century landmarks.”
SCOTTISH COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR 2011 NOMINEES
“A very charismatic MD of a an international fashion house, a leading casting director behind the looks of Luella Bartley and Pucci, a trend setter that stormed Canada and became a fashion voice of authority, a designer come musician whose inspirational wearable, fruitful art makes for a highly intriguing fashion / art installation, and a blogger whose influential local word is shaping trends and influencing a new generation, form the Scottish Communicator of the Year category. We Scots can talk and with this lot, their talking has certainly taken them to new heights!
The nominees are: Marc Psarolis- Managing Director Duchamp, Angus Munro-Model Casting Director, Gail McInnes- Magnet Creative, Canada, Philip Colbert- www.therodnikband.com and Les Garcons de Glasgow, blogger personified.”
View the entire list of nominees here.
With Justin Edmead of TDotTV at Lucian Matis FW11 Fashion Show at the Design Exchange.
