Pringle news and archive

Pringle of Scotland teams up with Underground

Scottish knitwear label Pringle of Scotland has teamed up with British footwear brand Underground for acapsule range of men's shoes. The AW14 collection will debut in September and features steel toecap Trackers in 3 colour options from the Pringle of Scotland collection palette, navy, black and deep claret. The limited edition range will be...

Design

Pringle parts ways with creative director

Pringle has announced it is parting ways with its creative director Alistair Carr. Carr, a well-respected designer amongst his contemporaries, lasted just over two seasons at the Scottish fashion house. Carr joined in the spring of 2011, having previously worked for brands such as Balenciaga, Chloe and Marni. "I want to thank Alistair for all...

Design

Pringle and Trussardi designers resign

In a week of shakeups at the top fashion houses, Pringle of Scotland’s creative director Clare Waight Keller has resigned after five years at the brand, and so too Trussardi will see its creative director Milan Vukmirovic leave after six seasons. Pringle chief operating officer Jean Fang said: “Under Clare’s creative direction, Pringle has...

Fashion

Pringle receives further investment

The wealthy foreign owners of Pringle of Scotland have pumped another £18m into the loss-making brand's continuing attempt to become a Burberry-style luxury label. The latest accounts show the company has received injections of £10m and £8m from its owners, Hong Kong textile dynasty the Fang family, within the last two years. The sums are on top...

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Pringle and BFC design competition

Luxury knitwear label Pringle of Scotland is launching a design competition in association with the British Fashion Council. Students from BFC Colleges Council leading design courses are invited to design five or six outfits for either a womenswear or menswear capsule collection; these designs will be put to a panel of expert judges for...

Fashion

Double celebration for Pringle

It is Pringle of Scotland's 195th anniversary this year, and the label will celebrate by returning to London Fashion Week. The homecoming coincides with BFC’s 25-year celebrations. Driven by Pringle of Scotland’s creative director Clare Waight Keller and new CEO Mary-Adair Macaire, the move will see the British brand showcasing their SS10...

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Pringle suffers heavy losses

Privately owned knitwear firm Pringle has posted a loss of £8.2 million in the year ended 1 April, down from £7.7 million the year before. The Fang family, which owns the 190-year-old brand, has continued to invest in the company and would continue to do so, a spokeswoman for the company said. Sales for the year increased 2 percent to £25.7...

Fashion

Old-fashioned chic

Tomas Maier has once again proved that true chic is understated and simple and has no need for frills or adornment. For Bottega Veneta's spring summer 2007 show in Milan today the designer sent his models down the catwalk in a muted palette of beige, sand, chocolate, dusty rose and coral. Accessories were limited to the brand's famous leather...

Fashion

Pringle appoints new creative director

Pringle of Scotland, the iconic British knitwear label, has appointed Clare Waight Keller as its first-ever creative director. Keller, who leaves Gucci to head up the newly created post, is to make Pringle a success in America , after a GBP7m cash injection from Hong Kong owner Kenneth Fang. But her first, much more urgent, task is to acquaint...

Fashion

Pringle designer quits

Yesterday Pringle announced that designer Stuart Stockdale is leaving the company. It revealed that Stockdale, who has been credited with making knits sexy, is leaving to pursue "a new, exciting, once in a lifetime opportunity". The company regrets his departure. "In four years, he's taken Pringle from a rail of knitwear to a full luxury...

Fashion

Pringle's Highland Fling

Pringle had fun describing in their program a Highland fling - a twosome in her ancestral castle with luxurious cashmere rolling over the four-poster bed. What came down the runway was a less witty take on the brand's Scottish heritage: tweed knickers; the signature diamond print for long scarves, while a fox stole was printed on a T-shirt...

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Pringle Sees Losses

Pringle insists it will hit its target of making a profit by 2005 despite reporting pre-tax losses of GBP3.1 million for the year to end March 2003. Pringle chief executive Kim Minser said the figures reflected Pringle's withdrawal of licenses from Germany and France, and the UK and Italy were showing good growth. Asia and the US also saw a...