STUDENTS TO GIVE TARTAN MAKEOVER

08:50 - 13 October 2007





Students at an Aberdeen art school are to undertake a project aimed at breathing new life into traditional tartans.

The third-year students at Gray's School of Art will design collections featuring tartans such as the Gordon Highlander, Princess Mary, and the more recent Da Vinci.



After being split into mini companies, the students will be asked to develop a brand identity for their designs, and to focus on their target customers.

They will be developing and applying a range of innovative surface treatments to the tartans, which may include quilting, appliqu??, embroidery, spandex and metallic foil effects.

Each group will also create their own fashion label which will promote their individual design signature.

A number of organisations have donated rolls of tartan for the project, including the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, which is providing the only military tartan.

An exhibition of the designs will then be launched at Gray's School of Art on Thursday, November 22.
Robert "the kilted" Lamb