PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND Pixel T-Shirt (Limited Edition)

This limited edition Pringle of Scotland cotton T-shirt employs the signature ‘pixel explosion’ print for a shot of cool. In versatile black and round-neck, this smart-looking piece will slip easily into your wear-anywhere staples. Team it with worn-in denim on the weekends, or dress it up with sharp tailoring in the city.

This design is one of the last pieces created by Alistair Carr, Pringle of Scotland’s former designer director (who’s since taken the reigns as Head of Design at Alexander McQueen’s McQ label).

Watch his final menswear collection for Pringle to see what a talented designer Carr is.

LYLE & SCOTT (Scotland)

Who knew golf attire could be so covetable? Obviously William Lyle and Walker Scott did, back in 1874, when they set up what was originally an underpants and hosiery factory in Hawick on the Scottish borders. Like Pringle, the also-Scottish knitwear giant label that inspired the founders, Lyle & Scott slowly moved from a concentration on fine-knit hosiery and chunky outerwear to the modern wardrobe of twinsets, sweaters and sportswear during the 20s and 30s. In 1975, the brand even impressed their client the Duke of Edinburgh enough to have been handed the Royal Warrant.
Lyle & Scott’s image languished in slight staidness during the 90s, but like many traditional British specialist firms, they re-acquired a fashion sensibility by the turn of the millennium, when they revived their 70s - 80s menswear golf designs in an exclusive ‘Vintage’ range, marked with the Golden Eagle. Since then, Lyle & Scott has gained popularity with a younger clientèle, many of whom have no association with golf. In particular, it was taken up by a host of indie bands (Artic Monkeys, Kasabian) and youthful celebs.
Lyle & Scott still draws from a century-old archive that includes designs by Christian Dior and Michael Kors (with whom the label collaborated in the 50s and the 80s, respectively) as it continues to exploit its heritage to cater to demand for retro fashions.
If you’ve never looked at Lyle and Scott clothing before, now's the time to check out what this brand has to offer!

Lyle & Scott reinforced its fashion pedigree last year when it beat off stiff competition (from the likes of Luke, Fred Perry and Superdry) and won the Young Fashion Brand of the Year at the Drapers Awards 2009.


The Lyle & Scott fanclub:-


Lyle & Scott’s men’s shoes and women’s clothing range, although small at the moment, is making the rounds in a number of publications.


From the 1954 collaboration with Christian Dior.

PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND Icon Polo Shirt

June is flying by, and Father's Day is here! (Well, almost.) Are you in need of a last-minute gift for the super man/men in your life? A polo shirt tends to be a welcome gift for dads. Affordable and presentable, it can be worn to work on a Casual Friday, or for a day on the links. Pringle of Scotland, one of the oldest and most established names in the British knitwear industry (and not to be confused with Pringles the potato chips, hehe), has a smart and solid polo that comes with a contrast embroidered regal logo. So classy, you may want to buy two!
(RRP US$175)

(Or if you prefer a shirt or a tie, we stock those, too, of course -- traditional gifts that Dad never tires of!)


PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND
Pringle of Scotland is a knitwear company with a long and proud history.
Established in 1815 in the Scottish Borders, Pringle’s trademark argyle sweaters, twinset and golf-wear became increasingly popular in mid 20th century when it found fans among the likes of Edward, Duke of Windsor, and the early ‘Sweater Girls’ who included sophisticated leading ladies such as Dame Margot Fonteyn, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Bridget Bardot.
However, the later part of the 20th Century saw a decline in the company’s fortunes. A perceived “stale-ness” and declining sales saw the company shrink to a shadow of its former glory.
Thankfully, despite its slightly vulnerable position, Pringle gained a fresh lease of life in the new millennium when it was acquired by SC Fang and Sons, a Hong Kong-based textile dynasty and worldwide knitwear manufacturer, in 2000.
Over the next decade, the Fang family would invest more than £50 million into Pringle, as a vision and strategy was put in place to diversify the knitwear-centric heritage brand into high-quality and sophisticated tailored wear for a younger market, and to re-establish Pringle as an international luxury fashion label.
Like Burberry, Mulberry and Daks to name a few, Pringle of Scotland has since enjoyed a renaissance driven not only by a successful repositioning, but also by the recent ‘post-modern’ love affair with all things retro.

While it may have nothing to do with snack chips, Pringle does have a funny bone and appreciates a good laugh. Last year the brand commissioned David Shrigley (the Glasgow-based artist whose “faux naive” yet mordant illustrations often depict the humour in everyday life as seen with a distinctly British sense of humour) to make a bizarre but delightful little video about the company :-)

Pringle of Scotland creative director Clare Waight Keller (Tom Ford's capable senior designer during his Gucci days), who has earned considerable praise for mixing her own daring vision with Pringle's storied history, talks about the Pringle Spring/Summer 2010 men’s collection:-

A long-time supporter of the arts, Pringle also made the bold move of presenting its women’s Spring Summer collection in the form of an artsy short film, created by New York photographer Ryan McGinley in the lush Scottish countryside. The campaign stars Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton (herself a Scotswoman), who dashes around trees and climbs through a castle window dressed in beautiful frocks from the Pringle collection. (This collaboration is the first in a series of creative projects planned for the brand with the aim of promoting Scotland’s renewed cultural surge.)

Footnote: Regrettably, in response to the changing nature of the market, Pringle has closed its last remaining mill in the Scottish Borders in 2008.