Go Green For Gunn

The Clan Gunn tartan is one of the most traditional looking tartans due to its simplistic yet effective green base and trace of bright red. The Gunn Modern tartan consists of a deep green background with very dark navy and black squares in a wide design on top of it, with the thin red line running throughout.

This basic sett, which differs only in shade in the ancient and weathered variations of the tartan, is classic and easy to style across a variety of cuts and shapes, making it a popular choice in the international world of fashion.

Green is bang on trend for today’s world as designers are going back to basics and highlighting the importance of nature. Stella McCartney shares her thoughts on nature’s resilience in Vogue’s Global Conversations article this April: “We’ve seen, in such a short period of time, how incredible nature is, how she bounces back so quickly…I think that’s so hopeful...”.

Looking ahead to this year’s Autumn/Winter collections, the fashion world is leaning towards all shades of green from deep to bright neon. There is a trend emerging for matching this look with some earthy colours and bright accessories, such as the Gunn Weathered tartan.

Ralph and Russo aren’t holding back with this green on green look from their Autumn/Winter 2020 ready-to-wear collection.

Continuing with the ready to wear theme, Ralph Russo incorporates the earthy muted greens and browns seen in the Gunn Weathered tartan. This creates a stylish and sophisticated look perfect for any wardrobe.

But let’s not wish away our summer days! Is green in this Spring/Summer? Absolutely! Mother nature is not letting us down in this time of uncertainty, she is keeping us positive and hopeful and we are responding to this in style. Here are the latest fashion girls from whowhatwear.co.uk showing us it’s all go for green.

A fashion influencer known as @wethepeoplestyle on Instagram wears a beautiful silky and bright green dress ready for those brighter days to come. Try Galloway Hunting Ancient if you want to replicate this shade in tartan.

We love the beautiful apple green base to this outfit ready to be dressed up with colourful accessories just like the Gunn tartan is dressed up with its dark squares and red lines.

Don’t forget to think of comfort as well as style which is crucial for those of us during lockdown, check out this oversized green tartan suit, combining slouchy style with texture and bold colour.

Incorporating these two concepts, the update for the style trend for the next decade is suit shorts: summer tailoring with a side serving of louche. Men and women in breezy, youthful, and elegant suits are what to embrace next. In line with Anna Wintour's statement on being more sustainable, ‘Leaving out old habits that are out of date, or indeed, unsustainable’, we must remember to think about what we buy, bespoke tailored pieces that last a lifetime is the way to go. Let us help you pick out classic cuts and checks that never go out of fashion to form the staples in your wardrobe.

Here at ScotlandShop we never forget the amazing history of tartan and always like to look back at where these inspiring colourful materials came from. The tartan we know today is said to have not existed until the 16th century but the Scots did start dyeing cloth with indigenous, natural products before the discovery of a synthetic dyestuff, a mauve, by a young chemist named Perkin in 1856. Prior to this nature was the primary ingredient in the creation of tartan. Natural resources such as blaeberries, alum and club moss were used to create the soft blues found in our favourite Gunn tartan; with knapweed, broom and gorse bark mixed to add greens.

From the 16th century onward, the highlanders had developed the meaning of clan tartans, and you can see the Gunn tartan evolve from then until the current day in this illustration.