Tartan week, New York’s annual celebration of all things Scottish, has launched with a party and fashion show featuring Hollywood celebrities and some of Scotland’s biggest sporting names.
The event, at the Liberty Theatre in Times Square included catwalk appearances from rugby stars Richie Gray and Thom Evans, and American actors Jill Hennessy (Law and Order) and Matthew Settle (Gossip Girl).
Model Kelly Brook, Miss Scotland Jennifer Reoch, entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter and former First Minister Lord Jack McConnell also attended.The party was raising funds for the Cash For Kids campaign, run by Radio Clyde, and US war veterans' charity The Wounded Warrior Project, and had a dress code of "New York cocktail attire with a Scottish accent" with guests encouraged to don their kilts and trews.
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