Mother’s Day is all about spoiling your Mum. We all know that when you look good, you feel great so what better way to make your Mum feel special this April 3rd than with a luxurious item of clothing from the Kartel Spring Summer 2011 Ladies Collection? Plus, you can now shop for that special gift from the comfort of your own home by visiting the new Kartel online shop at www.kartel.ie

The Kartel Elle collection includes lots of great options for a Mother’s Day gift including luxury poloshirts and rich cotton and wool knitwear. Plus, if your Mum is a golfer, then why not help her to look fabulous on the fairway in some of Kartel’s performance golf gear?

The Kartel ladies collection incorporates performance and glamour with practical agility that adds a touch of elegance to leisurewear. This season’s range features a rainbow of bright and fresh colours including candyfloss pink, spearmint green, hyacinth blue, strawberry, vanilla, navy, eggshell, olivegrey and tango orange.

Poloshirts:

Kartel’s summer poloshirts are cotton rich with a touch of stretch for comfort and longer life of the garment. The collection includes plain and striped options with a choice of button placket or zip neck. Additional detail is added through tipped or contrast collar and cuffs, while splashes of colour are introduced in the design with double, sporty and block stripes all featuring.

Knitwear:

The knitwear range uses soft, luxurious cotton-rich fabrics with plain, stripe and intarsia diamond designs. Full zip knits with contrast colour trims and quarter zips with kangaroo pockets provide a sportier edge to some of this season’s knitwear.

Trousers & Shorts:

Soft stretch fabrics are central to Kartel’s summer trouser and short range this year. 98% cotton and 2% spandex twill fabrics in stone, navy, white and soft khaki are used for full length and cropped trousers and knee-length shorts with a floral printed inner waistband providing a subtle splash of colour.

Notes to the editor:

Prices range from RRP €25 - €45 for poloshirts, €45 - €70 for knitwear, €40 - €60 for trousers and shorts and €50 - €200 for performance outerwear.

Sizes range from: XS –XXL

Visit www.kartel.ie for more information.

About Kartel:

The Kartel brand was established in 1985 and is part of a family owned Irish business based in Dublin. The company story began in 1947 when a young tailor, John Swan, set up a small clothing company. Initially, the company was a gentleman’s outfitter specialising in suits, jackets and trousers. Over a period of more than 60 years the company has extended their collection into a broad offer of men’s and ladies golfing, business and casual jeanswear collections. Today Kartel continues to dominate the Irish menswear arena and is the brand of choice of top Irish golfer, Padraig Harrington.

For more information please contact:

Louise Tier

Media & Communications Manager

Kartel

01 8443912 / l.tier@johnswan.com