Countrywear goes to the city as New York welcomes the Scots

COUNTRYWEAR fashion outfitters Ansarino takes part in a prestigious charity catwalk show in New York next week, following an invitation by Sir Sean Connery.

The event, which will be staged next Tuesday night at the Hammerstein Ballroon in the city, is called Dressed to Kilt, presented with the Scottish Textiles Industry, and with Sir Sean and Lady Connery as honorary chairmen of the organisation behind it, raising money for war veterans and for deprived children in Scotland.

Described as a “Scottish Evening of Fashion and Fun”, this year’s theme is Country Chic, and Ansarino is taking several outfits to show.

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Based in Calverley, West Yorkshire, the company was targeted by Dressed To Kilt after it spotted Ansarino’s creative designs of Harris Tweed, which it uses to make unusual and high-end countrywear for women, in particular shooting wear.

Tracey Sharpe, proprietor, said: “Our website caught their eye and we were invited over to show on the runway.”

Harris Tweed is central to Ansarino’s clothing, she added.

“You put the leather with that tweed and it just transforms it and gives it life, a whole new character and dimension.

“We make field wear and country wear, but it’s versatile, to take you anywhere, with detachable features, like jackets with sleeves you can detach. There are technical features, but you can sex it up and wear it to Harvey Nichols to meet your girlfriends for a glass of Champagne.

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“I have been shooting for years, which is how I got into it. The field wear offers certain technical features. There are a lot more women in the field now, usually accompanying their husbands. They load for their husbands and pass them cartridges.”

The Dressed to Kill runway show is now in its eighth year and has become highly popular, with New York’s Time Out giving last year‘s event the following words of praise: “The Scots owned New York City last night, and the place to be was the Scots-centric fashion show, Dressed to Kilt.”

You can follow Ansarino’s New York story on www.ansarino.com

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