Pringle of Scotland Mens Autumn/ Winter 2012 Runway Show

PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND SHOWS THE AUTUMN / WINTER 2012 MENS COLLECTION AT CARDI BLACK BOX GALLERY MILAN


PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND IS THE ICONIC BRAND FOUNDED IN 1815 AT THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE SCOTTISH KNITWEAR INDUSTRY. FROM THE BEGINNING TECHNICAL INNOVATION HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF KNITWEAR AS OUTERWEAR, THE SIGNATURE ARGYLE PATTERN AND THE CLASSIC TWINSET.
THE AUTUMN / WINTER 2012 MENSWEAR COLLECTION PRESENTS SOFT LUXURIOUS FABRICS REALISED IN STRUCTURED SHAPES, MIXED WITH TOUGHER ELEMENTS TO ACHIEVE A LOOK THAT IS POLISHED BUT WORN WITH ASSURED EASE.

‘BRITISH HERITAGE IS THE FUNDAMENTAL STARTING POINT OF THE COLLECTION, BUT IT IS NOT RESTRICTED BY ONE SPECIFIC THEME, INSTEAD IT IS INSPIRED BY A REAL MAN’S WARDROBE AND THE PIECES HE WANTS TO WEAR, INVOKING A CONFIDENT MASCULINITY’ SAYS ALISTAIR CARR.

LUXURY KNITWEAR IS AS ALWAYS, CENTRAL TO THE PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND COLLECTION; SUBSTANTIAL KNITS IN BOTTLE GREEN REVEALING BRIGHT BLUE, AND BURGUNDY PAIRED WITH BURNT ORANGE ARE STYLED WITH CHINTZED FLANNEL TROUSERS. A CHUNKY FISHERMANS RIB KNIT IS WORKED IN CONTRASTING COLOURS TO SHOW THE KNIT IN TEXTURED RELIEF.
TRADITIONAL HERITAGE WEAVES ARE TRANSFORMED THROUGH A PLAY ON SCALE AND PROPORTION TO CREATE A SIMULTANEOUSLY SUBVERSIVE AND REVERENTIAL HOMAGE TO BRITISH CULTURE; HERRINGBONE RECURS THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION, REALISED IN VARYING SCALES FROM A SLIM FITTED OVERCOAT IN BROAD HERRINGBONE, SMALLER CHINTZED HERRINGBONE ON JACKETS AND TROUSERS TO THE USE OF DIFFERENT SCALES COMBINED ON ONE SWEATER WITH EMBROIDERY CREATING AN OVER SCALED PATTERN. A MODERN DUFFLE COAT IN BLACK NYLON TWILL IS LINED WITH FELTED TARTAN AND STYLED WITH A TARTAN KNIT BENEATH, AND A MOHAIR AND WOOL TWINSET IS CONTEMPORISED THROUGH THE USE OF AN EXPLODED SCALE.

LEATHER, ANOTHER STRONG ELEMENT THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION IS SHOWCASED OVERTLY ON GRAINY LEATHER BIKER JACKETS IN ORANGE AND BLACK, AND MOTORBIKE STYLE TROUSERS IN RED AND NAVY, AND MORE SUBTLY IN LEATHER PIPING AND PATCHING ON KNITS, SHIRTS AND COATS.