Black Isle designer set for New York honour with Young Scot Wallace Award
A BLACK Isle designer with an international client base is raring to take another bite out of the Big Apple after her latest award success.
Siobhan Mackenzie will receive the Young Scot Wallace Award from the Board of the American Scottish Foundation. The award recognises a young person of Scottish descent who is making exceptional strides in their field of endeavour.
It states that the young designer “has already made an exceptional contribution to the world of fashion and design - taking it forward in a fresh new and yet classic direction”.
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The annual Wallace Dinner and Awards will take place on Friday, November 1 in New York.
The 31-year-old has made her mark with her tartan designs and found herself in demand for putting her unique spin on kilts, most recently getting a shout out from Shania Twain who wore one of her designs.
Reacting to the news, Siobhan said: “I’m thrilled to be honoured by the American Scottish Foundation alongside Sir Jim Walker. Their Wallace award boasts some incredible past recipients so I am privileged to even have been considered.
“New York is one of my biggest markets and I’m grateful to ASF for furthering my platform there. I absolutely adore visiting New York so I can’t wait to be back, meet everyone at the awards ceremony and sprinkle my tartan flair in the Big Apple!”
The 2024 Wallace Award will be presented to Sir Jim Walker for his outstanding contribution to transatlantic relationships and to Scotland’s world of food and drink. Walker’s, with a global reach and over 1400 employees, celebrate in 2024 their 125th anniversary.
The awards’ evening will also mark the 50th anniversary of the first Scotland Week, organized by the American Scottish Foundation co-founder, Lady Natalie Douglas Hamilton during the week of November 10 - a template for the ever-growing New York Tartan Week celebrations of today.
There will once again be an extensive online and in person silent auction of exceptional items. The Wallace Awards evening will benefit the ongoing work of the American-Scottish Foundation directed to the ASF Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton Youth Bursary Program.
