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This is a selection of media items pertaining to the Islay Woollen Mill and is by no means exhaustive!
The Islay Woollen Mill designed and produced the tartan as worn by Mel Gibson for the blockbusting epic Braveheart.
The Islay Woollen Mill designed and produced the tartan as worn by Liam Neeson for another blockbusting epic, Rob Roy.
The Islay Woollen Mill designed and produced the tweed suit as worn by Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.
The Islay Woollen Mill designed and produced various items of clothing as worn by Tom Cruise in Far and Away.
A visit to the Mill from HRH Prince Charles in 1994. He is pictured talking with Gordon and Sheila Covell. Her Majesty the Queen and Princess Anne have both also visited the Mill on separate occasions during their holidays on Islay.
This is a press cutting from The European Magazine, 19-25th October 1995. It provides an excellent summary of the work performed by the Mill for various Hollywood films. Click on the picture for the full article.
Movies that have used the services of the Islay Woollen Mill also include December Bride, Chaplin (starring Robert Downey Junior), Kidnapped, Kenneth Brannagh's Hamlet, the Wind in the Willows, The Legend Of Bagger Vance (starring Will Smith), Amazing Grace, and The Spiderwick Chronicles.