Scottish Cashmere Club
Design & Innovation
Inspired design and world-leading innovation transform tradition and set future trends. Designing, knitting and finishing a garment involves around 40 separate processes, including many undertaken by hand. Brushing with natural teasles is still how the distinctive ripple and sheen is created on Begg’s luxurious woven accessories. Hand in hand with tradition, go design innovation and manufacturing technology. Traditional looms and techniques sit happily with the most advanced computer-linked knitting and weaving machines in the world. Hand intarsia and embroidery, unusual weaves, patterns and innovative textures, are all second nature. Scottish knitters, weavers and spinners have long remained at the cutting edge of designing technically and aesthetically superlative clothing. From knitting high-performance underwear in 1914 for Ernest Shackleton’s trans-Antarctic expedition, Peter Scott is now renowned for producing luxury knitwear for elite golfers including Colin Montgomerie. Hawick Cashmere creates the ultimate in contemporary comfort with seamless Cashmere knitwear. Innovation in branding is essential in today’s hugely competitive marketplace and the Scottish Cashmere Club manufacturers not only work with the world’s top designers to create colour palettes and collections each season, but also design and market their own exclusive brands which are available in luxury retailers from Paris to Tokyo with the Scottish Cashmere Club label.
