Thursday 24th February 2011
Scottish knitting on London catwalk
The Courier
Knitting from needles in Fife hit the catwalks of the capital during London Fashion Week.
Design house Meadham Kirchhoff turned to Fife-based creator Di Gilpin when it wanted hand-made knitwear. And after weeks of work by the knitwear designer and a team of about 35 knitters from across Scotland, a collection of more than 40 pieces was shipped off in time for the show.
Models sashayed down a specially-constructed runway at the old fish market at Billingsgate on Tuesday, dressed in the handiwork of Di and her co-workers, including gansey sweaters like those Scots fishermen once wore, a dress, skirts and knee-high stockings.
The admiring audience included Prime Minister's wife Samantha Cameron and Di.
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