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Scottish
menswear designer Kestin Hare BenRiach
whisky inspired Spring Summer 2019
Collection, is now in-store.
You may recall last year when I told
you about a collaboration between The
BenRiach distillery in Speyside and
Scottish menswear designer Kestin Hare
to promote the best that Scotland has to
offer, a partnership which will
celebrate the creative approaches to
whisky distilling and clothing design.
Well the result of the collaboration
between the two innovatively creative
Scottish brands, the Kestin Hare’s
Spring Summer 2019 Collection, is now
in-store and available to purchase. The
collection features five different
garments inspired by the whisky,
landscape and architecture of the
BenRiach distillery in Speyside.
Hare has teamed up with Scottish mill,
Halley Stevenson, to develop traditional
peat dyed and garment dyed products,
representing the unique colours of aged
BenRiach Speyside Single Malt Whisky.
Dundee-based Halley Stevenson has
garment dyed the Shop Coat to colour
reference two expressions, the peated
BenRiach Curiositas Aged 10 Years and
unpeated four cask matured Aged 21
Years.
Hare also took inspiration from
BenRiach’s eclectic whisky casks and
created a digital cask print in a
lightweight ripstop nylon featuring on
the Torness Parka, Traveller Jacket,
Fatigue Short and Storr Pant.
The new SS19 Collection, A Summer on
Speyside, tells the story of childhood
summer holidays spent around this
unspoilt area in North Scotland which is
known for its world famous whisky
distilleries and fly fishing.
The Scottish countryside-inspired
collection is focused on functionality
using water resistant fabrics and
details influenced by golfing and
fishing attire. The colour palette is
made up of soft tones of golden sand,
peat, grass green and navy with
deckchair stripes and rip stop nylons.
Illustrated thistle and abstract whisky
cask prints on technical fabrics
challenge the preconceptions of
traditional Scottish design.
The collection is now in store, online
and in selected global retailers from
today after the launch at Kestin Hare’s
Shoreditch store last night (Thursday
14th March) where BenRiach Master
Blender, Dr Rachel Barrie hosted a
tasting with guests on the BenRiach
expressions featured in the collection.
Founder Kestin Hare said: "I’m a big fan
of weaving in Scottish heritage into my
collections, and when I went to visit
BenRiach distillery I was so charmed by
the process, the whisky, the people and
the location, it gave me lots to play
with. It was particularly poignant to
create this collection in the 120th year
of this unconventional Speyside
distillery celebrating its rich past but
also its innovative future. I think we
have developed a high impact capsule
collection which reflects real depth and
meaning to the story. The colours and
textures are beautiful and the garment
dyed element ensures that every garment
has a unique finish which I think is a
nice touch."
BenRiach Distillery Master Blender
Rachel Barrie added: "At BenRiach we
have been exploring the creative
possibilities of our Speyside malt for
decades. Driven by a creative approach
to whisky distilling, cask maturation
and blending, all in the pursuit of
flavour, we are delighted to join forces
with Kestin Hare menswear to create
experimental, hand-crafted, whisky
inspired products which were created in
our 120th anniversary year. The products
are inspired by our eclectic mix of cask
types and two of our distinct styles of
Scottish whisky, heavily peated
Curiositas Aged 10 Years and four cask
matured Aged 21 Years non-peated."
The rather innovatively creative Kestin
Hare designed products are now available
to purchase both online and in store
and of course you will find the current
BenRiach whisky range available from
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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