One of Glasgow's most popular festivals is hoping to have a Vintage year.
The fashion designer Wayne Hemingway is to bring his Vintage Festival to Scotland to form a key part of this year's Merchant City Festival.
Organisers of the city centre festival, which runs from July 24 to 28, are hoping its 300 events will attract more than the 95,000 visitors who attended last year. Vintage Glasgow, designed by Mr Hemingway and his wife Gerardine, features music, fashion, film, art, dance and design from the 1920s to the 1980s.
The designer said: "We loved visiting Glasgow when we had our Red or Dead shop on Buchanan Street and have always enjoyed visiting Glasgow's Merchant City.
"Its iconic architecture and independent spirit will provide the perfect venue to hold The Vintage Festival."
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson, who is also chairman of the festival, said: "The wealth of music, culture and artistic vision that will be on show are a reflection of the fantastic arts organisations and venues our city has to offer.
"Attracting events of the calibre of Vintage to Glasgow reinforces our claim to be Scotland's cultural powerhouse."
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