Elena Miro'

5 of Elena Miro''s 67 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Italy.

• Thistle kilt pin · Scotland · European folk & regional dressLook 33

  Italy → Scotland

  “Silver pin topped with a Scottish thistle head and leaves; shaft has Celtic interlace knotwork, the classic kilt-pin form, here worn on a lapel.”

• Scottish thistle brooch · Scotland · European folk & regional dressLook 35

  Italy → Scotland

  “Silver pin cast as a thistle: cross-hatched globular head, spiky flower crown and curling leaves, the Scottish national emblem typical of traditional Scottish silver brooches and cap badges.”

• Celtic knotwork · Scotland · European folk & regional dressLook 33

  Italy → Scotland

  “Engraved interlaced knot pattern running down the pin shaft, typical Celtic/Scottish knotwork ornament.”

• Scottish thistle emblem · Scotland · European folk & regional dressLook 37

  Italy → Scotland

  “Silver pin shaped as a thistle head with cross-hatched bulb and spiky leaves, the Scottish national emblem traditionally worn as a brooch or bonnet badge.”

• Hand block print · India · South AsiaLook 8

  Italy → India

  “Repeated stamped-looking buta and rosette motifs with slight registration irregularity, madder red, maroon and ecru palette typical of Indian block-printed cotton, arranged in diagonal bands.”

• Thistle brooch · Scotland · European folk & regional dressLook 26

  Italy → Scotland

  “Silver stick-pin brooch topped with a thistle head (spiky flower over bulbous base), the Scottish national emblem traditional in Scottish silver jewellery, worn on a tweed-like wool lapel.”

• Tam o' shanter / balmoral bonnet · Scotland · European folk & regional dressLook 35

  Italy → Scotland

  “Soft felted wool bonnet with a thistle badge pinned at the side, echoing a Balmoral or tam; could also read as a generic beret.”