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GAELO in Fashion
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Tartan is an enduring design icon.
Among the firmament of fashion designers, some of the great names have reached for tartan as the idiom of their designs .... Balenciaga, Dsquared, Diane Von Furstenberg, Kenzo and our favourites, Alexander McQueen, Caroline Herrera and Botega Veneta. These designers have used tartan for the same reasons as our small team...that there is something right about the way certain colours can be made to settle in equilibrium within a pattern - despite their apparent opposition to each other. Green and orange?!! Purple and yellow? You can't be serious....... But tartan does succeed , and in the process, produces something like a distinctive, settled picture, the harmoniousness of the mixing and ordering, being a greater thing than the simple sum of its parts. Much of the reason for this lies in the fact that tartan began as combinations of muted colours ............. but that is a story we will elaborate on another time! Featured below are some 'sketches' of our contribution to that tradition. |
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 |  |  | Cool and chic, the perennial favourite, black and white ..... | .... and in complete contrast, a cheerful addition to a tartan scarf or plaid. | A Silver Gaelo Brooch with a lovely burnt orange colour brings out the natural tones of a rough tweed. |
 |  |  | | A masculine look .... the browns and taupe of the Hunting Campbell tartan...with a happy, mellow yellow. | A Silver Ayr Brooch with the Drummond tartan makes a powerful impact on a jacket lapel. | Again, the subtle burnt orange of the Menzies tartan against a flat grey is elegant and powerful. |
 |  |  | | A Silver Ayr Brooch shows off the muted greens and reds of the Grant tartan, echoing the red background of a sweater. | With a suit ... and an elegant Gaelo Necklace ... an ensemble that combines to say individuality and character. | Perhaps a touch of the Burberry here ... though the tartan is one called Oban Grey. |
| NEW YORK - April/May 2006 GAELO had the privilige of attending New York's Tartan Week - at fashion shows both at the Scottish Village at Grand Central Station and at the fabulous 'Dressed to Kilt' show at St.John's Church Presbytry - GAELO is proud to have been a sponser of the 'Dressed to Kilt' fashion show and we participated on a daily basis at Grand Central Station. Hi to the many friends we made there.... 'Dressed to Kilt' is a cocktail of party and fashion show, glitz, glamour and politics. A very healthy gaggle of VIP's was gathered together for the event - Sir Sean and Lady Connery, Donald Trump, Jack MacConnel, Alec Salmond - and a host of others making themselves as visible as possible. As we milled around in the body of the kirk waiting for the show to begin, the VIP's gathered in the upper gallery - it was here that Sir Sean was introduced to Donald Trump; we have it on the best authority that the two had not met before the occassion and introduced themselves - "Hello, I'm Sean Connery" - "Hello, I'm Donald Trump". As if they didn't know! The Show was opened by hosts Geoffrey Scott Carroll and Peter Morris - who introduced the first celebrities of the evening - Sir Sean and Lady Connery.  Sir Sean Connery with his Lady Micheline Sir Sean spoke happily of his involvement with Dressed to Kilt and was in fine spirits after recent surgery. We were treated to a quick clip of the soon to be released animated film he narrates - 'Billy the Vet'. At the end of his little speech, Sir Sean mentioned he would be joining Donald Trump's proposed golf Club at Menie in Aberdeenshire (not many miles away from Gaelo's HQ).  |  |  | Scotland's then First Minister ... | ... Mr.Jack McConnel | Sir Sean in fine fettle |
Then the show began - Some of the celebs:  |  |  | Scott Galloway | Alexis Fenton | Maurice Johnston |
 |  |  | | Kathleen McDermott | Brian Cox and a friend | One of the Austrains! |
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