Gt Yorkshire Show special: Win your own Brook Taverner runway suit

From Hobbs autumn/winter collection: L to R, Isabelle wears Kilnwick shirt, £129; Lara roll neck, £65; Dalmore jodhpur, £159; Ashley long boots, £249. Clare wears Harewood dress in Abraham Moon storm grey tweed, £229; Lara roll neck, £65; Ashley boots, as before.

Yorkshire cloth will have a starring catwalk role. For its all-important autumn/winter 2015 collection, prestigious High Street label Hobbs has created designs using fabrics from Clissold’s, based in Bradford, and Abraham Moon, based in Guiseley, and will preview the pieces at this week’s show, alongside designs in a stunning Harris Tweed check cloth (of which more later).

Launched as a small shoe label in 1981 in Hampstead, over the decades Hobbs has evolved to become a global brand, respected for offering the best of British design, with fans including the Duchess of Cambridge, for whom it has become a turn-to style destination.

Hobbs retail director Alana Mazza said: “We are delighted to be taking part in the Great Yorkshire Show again. Yorkshire has always been close to our heart, having worked with some of the finest mills in the region over the years.”

From Hobbs autumn/winter collection: Tasha wears Carnell dress in Harris tweed plaid wool, £299; Lara roll neck in ebony Merino wool, £65; Ashley boots in ebony leather, £249; Clare wears Carnell jacket in Harris tweed plaid wool, £259; Kelsey shirt in ice white cotton, £69; Carnell trousers in Harris tweed plaid wool, £159.

The quintessential Hobbs look is polished, tailored and elegant with a thoroughly modern twist, featuring stunning prints and fabrics. This season, as well as the Yorkshire cloths, Hobbs has also created standout pieces using Harris Tweed, in particular a lovely check in rich tones of moss green, ink blue and burgundy.

The same beautiful cloth also features in an specially created man’s three-piece suit by 103-year-old classic tailoring company Brook Taverner, which has its headquarters in Keighley, as part of its runway collection of stylish suits and casual wear.

Co-owner Jason Scott said the show was the perfect place to show off Brook Taverner’s autumn range, adding: “We are a Yorkshire business with very strong roots in the county. The show gives us an ideal opportunity to connect with our  customers via the fashion shows. It’s also a delight to walk around the show spotting our clothing being worn by the many visitors, trying to work out the style name and  season it ran. We have to be careful not to stare or we do get some funny looks.”

The Great Yorkshire Show offers one of the UK’s most popular platforms for British fashion. More than 130,000 visitors are expected to attend the 157th annual countryside event, which runs from Tuesday to Thursday. Many of those visitors head straight to the Fashion Pavilion to see leading national and regional designers, as well as stars of the future.

From Brook Taverner: Ben wears moleskin jeans in burgundy, £90, and lemon shirt, £60, with Harris Tweed jacket with matching waistcoat, price tbc

Phase Eight, the womenswear label much loved in Yorkshire, will appear at the show for the first time with a stunning collection of evening wear, certain to impress and inspire a captive audience.

Meanwhile, for Malton-based Charlotte Lucy, debuting her 2015 collection marks a return to the Fashion Pavilion, as the 27-year-old was runner-up in a 2008 fashion competition at the show. “It’s such a great event to be involved with,” said Charlotte, who studied fashion design at York College.

Leeds-based designer James Steward is showcasing his standout collection of red carpet silk dresses and cool, contemporary menswear, with special occasion women’s pieces finished with headwear by milliner Beth Hirst, his neighbour at his Farsley- based workshop. “I’m planning to be at the show every day,” he said.

Fashion students from colleges across the region will also have the opportunity to see their creations worn on the catwalk by models from Morton Gledhill – The Fashion Team, co-ordinated by Bernadette Gledhill, with hair and make-up by Bradford College.

The three-piece Harris Tweed suit by Brook Taverner, created especially for the Great Yorkshire Show. A lucky reader will get the chance to win one for themselves.

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• The Great Yorkshire Show runs this Tuesday to Thursday, July 14-16. The shows at the Skipton Building Society Fashion Pavilion run four times daily. For more information, see www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk

Credits

Photos at Pickering Railway Station (courtesy of North Yorkshire Moors Railway) by Doug Jackson Photography. Models – Morton Gledhill, The Fashion Team. Hair and make-up – Bradford College.

Austen jacket made in Abraham Moon wool, £300, available August at Brook Taverner.

WIN YOUR OWN BROOK TAVERNER RUNWAY SUIT

It is guaranteed to turn heads on the catwalk at the Great Yorkshire Show and now we are offering one reader the opportunity to make a style statement and win a suit for himself.

To celebrate Brook Taverner’s involvement with the 157th Great Yorkshire Show, the Keighley-based company has created a one-off three-piece suit, made from exclusive Harris Tweed fabric, which will debut in the Skipton Building Society Fashion Pavilion this coming week.

And one lucky reader will have the chance to own his own bespoke Great Yorkshire Show Harris Tweed suit. Brook Taverner has teamed up with Savile Row Tailoring in Leeds to supply the exclusive Harris Tweed fabric, design and make a man’s suit especially for one Yorkshire Post reader. Savile Row Tailoring operated for more than three decades in London, but is now based in Leeds where it employs a team of six specialist tailors, catering for a client-list that includes well-known names in the world of film and television.

For a chance of winning, simply answer the following question and send it in on a postcard with your name, address and telephone number to: Brook Taverner/GYS suit competition, Stephanie Smith, Fashion Editor, Yorkshire Post, No 1 Leeds, 26 Whitehall Road, Leeds LS12 1BE. The first correct answer drawn from a hat after noon on the closing date of Monday, July 27 will win the bespoke suit and be called by telephone to arrange a fitting appointment.

Question: Where is Brook Taverner based?

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