A world famous fashion house has chosen a Scottish castle to host the launch of its newest collection.
Dior will unveil its cruise 2025 line in the gardens on Drummond Castle in Perthshire on June 3.
The collection will reveal the silhouettes "dreamed up" by Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, described as a "poetic invitation where past and future meet".
Read more: Drummond Castle gardens: One of the grandest in Scotland
Drummond Castle's spectacular formal gardens were featured in the 1995 film Roby Roy and used as a stand in for Versailles in the Outlander TV series.
The French fashion house said the "historic architectural treasure" will host a celebration of the "powerful ties" formed at the beginnings of the House.
It also called back to a "sumptuous" ball Dior held at the Gleneagles hotel for the spring-summer 1955 collection.
A spokesperson for Dior said: "Dior has chosen the gardens of Drummond Castle, a historic architectural treasure, to reveal the silhouettes dreamed up by Maria Grazia Chiuri.
"A poetic invitation where past and future meet, celebrating the unique, powerful ties forged from the very beginnings of the House, for the autumn-winter 1947 défilé.
Read more: The 11 best Outlander filming locations in Scotland
"The founding-couturier named an emblematic haute couture ensemble Écosse on that occasion. Such affinities were further affirmed during a sumptuous ball orchestrated at the Gleneagles Hotel for the spring-summer 1955 collection.
"So many tributes to the beauty of journeys and cultures that this new cruise show will spotlight more than ever."
Dating back to the 17th Century, the castle near Crieff is home to impressive Scottish Renaissance gardens, considered among the best in Europe.
Replanted in the Victorian era then again in the 1950s, the gardens maintain their ancient yew hedges and a beech tree planted by Queen Victoria, commemorating her 1842 visit.
Drummond Castle is not open to the public, however its grounds are open to visitors from June 10, 2024.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here