NOMINEES

SCOTLAND’S BIGGEST CELEBRATION OF FASHION & STYLE ANNOUNCE 2008 NOMINEES

Louise Roe

STIRLING, SCOTLAND, UK – MAY 2008 -- Nominations and special honors for the third annual Scottish Fashion Awards in association with Vogue.com were announced this week and include 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. 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 Sunday 29th June at Stirling Castle , Scotland .

Now a firm fixture in the international fashion carousel, winners across the ten categories, which will include designers, retailers, models, cashmere designers, textile manufacturers, fashion communicators, fashion icons, accessory and jewellery designers and new for 2008, ‘Best Use of Tartan by an International Designer’, will be announced what is now Scotland’s premiere fashion event. Designed to reflect the glamour and diversity that defines the Scottish fashion talent, the program includes a Laurent Perrier Champagne reception in Stirling Castle’s Chapel Royal, an awards program hosted by one of Britain’s most glamorous broadcast fashion presenters Louise Roe inside Stirling Castle’s Great Hall and a wonderful gala dinner where guests will indulge in a fine dining experience prepared by award winning catering team Nick Nairn at Stiriling Castle. This will be followed by a charity auction in aid of the Scottish Fashion Awards nominated charity ‘The Prince’s Trust’ and a VIP after-party with surprise guests.

The event will also honour an individual whose outstanding career in fashion will be celebrated by an induction into the Scottish Fashion Awards Hall of Fame. The honoree will be announced in June at a special pre-awards event and will follow previous recipient’s photographer Albert Watson, the late Bill Gibb and 2008 honoree Graeme Black designer, into the Hall of Fame.

The 2008 judging panel includes:

Dolly Jones - Editor Vogue.com

The Hon. Daphne Guinness - Fashion Icon, advisor to Valentino

Kate Phelan - Fashion Director British Vogue

Hilary Alexander - Fashion Director The Daily Telegraph

Brigitte Stepputtis - Head of Couture Vivienne Westwood

Brian Rennie - Creative Director Gant

Jennifer Uner - Founder of LA Fashion Awards

Gary Van Dis - VP Corporate Creative Conde Nast USA

Janette Harkess - Deputy Editor The Herald

Eric Smith - MD, Eric N Smith Diamond Designer & Jeweller

Tessa Hartmann - Founder of Scottish Fashion Awards and Chairman of the panel.

The list of award nominees & honorees 2008 is as follows:

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY VOGUE.COM

  • CHRISTOPHER KANE
  • JONATHAN SAUNDERS
  • GRAEME BLACK
  • AIMEE MCWILLIAMS
  • VIDLER & NIXON
  • DERYCK WALKER

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS BEST USE OF TARTAN BY AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGNER – SPONSORED BY JOHN SEMPLE TRAVEL

  • HOUSE OF HOLLAND
  • DOLCE & GABBANA
  • RALPH LAUREN

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS TEXTILE BRAND OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE TEXTILES

  • JOHNSTON’S OF ELGIN
  • PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND
  • BALLANTYNE CASHMERE COMPANY
  • MACKINTOSH
  • SANDRA MURRAY
  • HILARY ROHDE

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR

  • LAURA CRAIK – EVENING STANDARD
  • STACEY DUIGUID – ELLE MAGAZINE
  • MARK HEYES – STYLIST GMTV
  • DAVID EUSTACE - PHOTOGRAPHER

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS YOUNG DESIGNER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY THE SCOTTISH FASHION COUNCIL

  • SCOTT RAMSEY KYLE
  • LOUISE GRAY
  • JAMIE BRUSKI TETSILL
  • GRAEME ARMOUR
  • NIKI TAYLOR
  • JAMES MILLAR

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS RETAILER OF THE YEAR - SPONSORED BY STIRLING COUNCIL

  • ULTIMO - GLASGOW
  • JANE DAVIDSON - EDINBURGH
  • CRUISE - GLASGOW
  • PATRICK GRANT – LONDON
  • CHE CAMILLE- GLASGOW

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS SCOTTISH MODEL OF THE YEAR - SPONSORED BY TONI & GUY

  • AMANDA HENDRICK – THE MODEL TEAM
  • EMILY MCWILLIAM – TAKE 2 MODELS
  • LISA OMAND – SUPERIOR
  • AMY MCLELLAND - SUPERIOR
  • GILLIAN COOK - SUPERIOR
  • EMMA DUNCAN – THE LOOK
  • TOTTIE – THE MODEL TEAM
  • HAYLEY BARTLETT – THE MODEL TEAM

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS ACCESSORY / JEWELLERY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY ERIC N SMITH DIAMOND DESIGNER AND JEWELLER

  • SCOTT STEPHEN – JEWELLER
  • BEBAROQUE - TIGHTS
  • MARIANNE ANDERSON - JEWELLER
  • WILLIAM CHAMBERS – MILLINERY

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS STYLE ICON 2008 – SPONSORED BY THE HERALD

  • JENNI FALCONER – TV PRESENTER
  • LAURA FRASER - ACTRESS
  • DARIUS - ACTOR
  • ADELE BETHEL – SINGER
  • HANNAH MCGILL – EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL
  • KT TUNSTALL - SINGER
  • JIM LAMBIE - ARTIST
  • TAMMY KANE – CREATIVE DIRECTOR
  • CRAIG FERGUSON – TV PRESENTER
  • ALEX KAPRANOS – SINGER

SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS HALL OF FAME – SPONSORED BY HOTEL DU VIN (TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE 29TH JUNE AT THE EVENT)

Behind the glamour and excitement of the night, the awards will highlight this world class talent in ‘Catwalk Caledonia’, a series of exclusive fashion interludes presenting the evening’s nominees.

The awards are being supported by leading fashion and lifestyle partners including Eric N Smith Diamond Jewellers, Hotel du Vin Group, Scottish Enterprise Textiles, Toni & Guy Hair care, The Herald, John Semple Travel, Strathmore Water, Laurent Perrier Champagne , Campari, Milne Management, Aroprint, The TFF Agency, The Scottish Government and host city Stirling Council.

Tessa Hartmann Chairman and founder of the event said: “This list represents the most definitive guide to Scottish fashion right now! Their individuality, innovation and style have been recognised on the catwalks around the world and indeed in the commercial market place. We are delighted to provide the foremost Scottish fashion platform for this wealth of creativity and design on this our third year and applaud the nominee’s contribution to the world of fashion, their ‘Scottishness’ and will salute their success at Stirling Castle . This event isn’t just about celebrating Scottish fashion, it’s about celebrating a fashionable Scotland and we are confident that between all our amazing nominees, sponsors, partners, international judges and VIP guests The Scottish Fashion Awards at Stirling Castle will reflect just that!”

Louise Roe host said: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be presenting the Awards this summer - Scottish Fashion is really turning heads and making its mark on the industry, at an international level, more than ever right now. The incredible talents of Chris Kane and Jonathan Saunders are being hotly followed by some amazing up-and-comers - the likes of Graeme Armour, Scott Ramsay Kyle, Louise Gray - who clearly have a big future ahead of them. Scotland 's heritage within the fashion industry has made a huge impact, too, and it's great to see the history entrenched within cashmere house such as Pringle and Ballantyne’s being celebrated. I can't wait to see the castle and it's beautiful grounds - apparently the after-party runs well into the next morning too - in true Scottish knees-up style!"

With guests flying in from Los Angeles , New York , Milan and Paris there will be no shortage of tartan red carpet glamour in the heart of Braveheart country. But, who will take the crown in Scotland ’s ancient capital, Stirling Castle and claim the throne? It’s time to pick sides!

ENDS MAY 2008

EDITORS NOTES

Vogue.com, the definitive on line fashion destination has joined The Scottish Fashion Awards as an official partner for 2008 and will be the ‘Official Partner Scottish Designer of the Year 2008’. Dolly Jones Editor of Vogue.com said: “I sat next to Christopher Kane at the Central Saint Martins graduate show in February last year – that's when it really struck me that Scotland was producing some of fashion's finest new talent. There was Kane himself – who had wowed everybody with his autumn/winter 2007-8 collection earlier in the week - and he spent the entire show whispering to me about his fellow Scots who were lining up on the catwalk in front of us: Louise Gray, Scott Ramsay Kyle and Jamie Bruski Tetsill – it was incredibly impressive. The third annual Scottish Fashion Awards is going to be a fitting celebration of Scotland's new and established talents – VOGUE.COM will be looking for more of the same: new ideas founded in the stylish heritage of a country that, let's face it, produced the family that gave us Alexander McQueen, too."

Louise Roe imagery available for print.

Scottish Fashion Awards model imagery & 2006/7 event imagery available for print. Can be supplied via email or CD.

The Scottish Fashion Awards are owned and produced by the TFF Agency, an award winning marketing & communications agency that has specialised in fashion, lifestyle, beauty & entertainment for over 12 years. www.thetffagency.com

Please refer sponsors and judges sections on the website for further information, judge’s biographies, sponsor biographies. The site also contains diary dates, media registration and a picture gallery from the 2006/7 event.

For interviews with designers, judges & quotes please contact TFF.

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