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 Looks
like there is now an opportunity for one woman in each of five countries
to be the proud owner of a Saltire gown so if you have the money better
get to the site real quick to get your order in. Would sure be
interested to see if the Canadian buyer will appear in it at the Tartan
Day Dinner in Toronto next year :-)
Thistle & Broom’s Saltire Gown a ‘Headliner’ by Spencer Railton
Couture dress to benefit Gaelic organisation
 Glasgow—16
September 2005—Today Glasgow native and couture gown designer Spencer
Railton became the latest artisan to join Scottish luxury goods purveyor
Thistle & Broom. His initial offering is a mere five couture Saltire
Gowns exclusively for Thistle & Broom. The original dress was
commissioned as a one-off for T&B’s launch at Dressed to Kilt as worn by
Kelly Cooper-Barr.
 “In
design work, there are two types of products, ready-to-wear and what I
call ‘headliners’”, said designer Spencer Railton. “When I was first
approached to design the gown, I knew it had to be representative of the
Thistle & Broom brand—luxurious, unique and a definite ‘Headliner.’”
“The Saltire Gown is such a glorious statement of national pride, and we
all feel so fortunate to have created something that evokes such
‘bragging rights’ for Scots the world over” said Teresa Fritschi,
managing director and chief creative officer of T&B. “Spencer created a
bit of an icon in fashioning it for us, there is an overwhelmingly
positive response to it every time it has been worn in a public venue.
We are obviously thrilled that Spencer has agreed to make the gowns and
that five women, someplace in the world, might be wearing the Saltire
Gown to this season’s St. Andrew’s Day, Hogmanay and Burns’ Night
celebrations.”
 The
gown has been featured in several publications globally as worn by
Cooper-Barr and Katie Targett-Adams. The gown is made from three of
T&B’s exclusive St. Andrew's Cross, Adapted throws, and offered in a
choice of cashmere or lambs wool. It is adorned with white feather
butterflies; blue and white feather plumes; rhinestones and blue satin
lacing for the boned corset. The underskirt is blue cotton and netting.
A companion shawl completes the ensemble. Limited to the first
individual to order from Scotland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and
the United States, the sale of each Saltire Gown will benefit Fčisean
nan Gŕidheal. Each gown will be made to the buyers’ specific measurement
and will take approximately eight weeks to complete.
About Thistle & Broom
Edinburgh-based Thistle & Broom was founded in 2004 to serve as a
cooperative luxury brand for artists, craftspeople and small
manufactories which produce products made in Scotland, whilst providing
direct access to often times impossible to source one-of-a-kind goods.
Thistle & Broom donates eight percent of its pre-tax profits from every
product sold through its web site to carefully selected charitable
organizations, which serve to preserve, protect or restore elements of
Scotland's culture, history and wild spaces. For more information,
please visit:
http://www.thistleandbroom.com.
View the gown at
http://www.thistleandbroom.com/shopping/apparel/wool/saltire-gown.htm
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