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Gaas­tra Children’s Cloth­ing 2012, Spring Summer

To the approach­ing sum­mer­time, our lit­tle ones are surely look­ing for­ward most: Then it’s time for going out! The new Spring Sum­mer Children’s Fash­ion 2012 Trends by Gaas­tra are ready yet and sur­vive every sum­mer adven­ture on– and off­shore. This sea­son anew, the Gaas­tra Sports Col­lec­tion sur­prises as smart mar­itime and casual func­tional children’s cloth­ing with many play­ful details like badges, appli­ca­tions, prints and the Gaas­tra fash­ion clas­sic: nau­ti­cal stripes. In many fresh and mul­ti­coloured com­bi­na­tions avail­able, they pro­vide the tough Gaas­tra kids sail­ing fash­ion with the unique nau­ti­cal casual look.

At the same time, our lit­tle sailors will tru­ely flour­ish: Since airy and sum­merly flow­ered pat­terns are on the kids trend fash­ion deck as well. Extra fash­ion­able kids cloth­ing, that’s what the Bre­ton Col­lec­tion stands for this spring sum­mer: It presents in a spe­cial mar­itime, Ital­ian Riv­iera Look this sea­son and will light up children’s eyes. At the same time, the slip-resistant Gaas­tra kids shoes will look after the per­fect grip on deck or while rol­lick­ing. Owing to max­i­mal non skid soles, you’ll always keep your lit­tle ones safe. Dis­cover the lat­est Children’s Fash­ion now in the Gaas­tra Kid’s Wear Mag­a­zine 2012!

Sail­ing Team Azzurra, Gaas­tra offi­cial sup­plier © Gaas­tra Inter­na­tional Sports­wear b.v.

This year anew, Gaas­tra sup­ports the leg­endary Ital­ian Sail­ing Team Azzurra: Equipped with pro­fes­sional sail­ing cloth­ing from the tech­ni­cal Gaas­tra Pro Sail­ing Gear and nau­ti­cal Sports­wear, Team Azzurra of the Yacht Club Costa Smer­alda sets course for the new inter­na­tional sail­ing sea­son 2012 with a new Azzurra TP52 class boat. Con­struc­tions have started last novem­ber 2011 in the Span­ish King Marina yacht build­ing ship­yard headed by King Marine’s man­ager and engi­neer Pablo San­tar­siero. The first TP52 regatta con­sti­tutes the Palma Vela 2012 as a tune up event, fol­lowed by the Conde de Godó Barcelona in may, the Sar­dinia Cup at home­like Porto Cervo in june, the Copa del Rey Palma in july and the Valen­cia Cup in october.

So, the rich Azzurra his­tory will be upheld with a new liv­ery this regatta sea­son: Founded in the early 80s by H.H. The Aga Khan and Gianni Agnelli, the Azzurra Sail­ing Team com­peted firstly in 1983 at the Louis Vuit­ton Cup New­port, fol­lowed by the Sail­ing World Cham­pi­onships 1985. The Azzurra Team aroused new enthu­si­asm for sail­ing sports in Italy. In a word: What Fer­rari is to For­mula 1 fans, Azzurra is to Ital­ian yacht­ing enthu­si­asts! The greater was the excite­ment, when the sail­ing team cel­e­brated its come­back after sev­en­teen years at the Louis Vuit­ton Tro­phy 2009 and recently won over at the Audi Med­Cup Cir­cuit 2011. We are look­ing for­ward to a new sea­son with sail­ing team Azzurra in pro­fes­sional Gaas­tra Sail­ing Gear and sporty Gaas­tra Sail­ing Fash­ion – Good Speed!

Les Voiles de Saint Barth Mag­a­zine, Gaas­tra Sail­ing Fash­ion 2012

Dip into the magic world of Saint Barth…just about 21 km² large, the French Caribbean island is one of the most exclu­sive sail­ing areas world­wide and for many inter­na­tional celebri­ties an open secret as a lux­ury hol­i­day para-dise. Firmly fixed in the sail­ing regatta cal­en­dar 2012, the VIP island Saint Barth will be in the spot­light of inter­na­tional sail­ing teams and yachts dur­ing the Les Voiles de Saint Barth Regatta 2012 – anew with Gaas­tra Sports­wear as the offi­cial part­ner on deck.

Inspired by the exclu­sive spirit of the Caribbean regatta, the spe­cial play of sea colours and the sweet ‘Savoir Vivre’ on St. Barth, Gaas­tra presents the lat­est mar­itime sail­ing fash­ion col­lec­tion ‘Les Voiles de Saint Barth’. Par­tic­u­larly sporty and func­tional, the Sports­wear line sets sails and nau­ti­cally ele­gant, the Gaas­tra Bre­ton line – avail­able for Gaas­tra Women, Gaas­tra Men and Gaas­tra Kids. Turn over a new fash­ion leaf and get inspired by the brand­new Les Voiles de Saint Barth Mag­a­zine includ­ing the lat­est Gaas­tra Fash­ion Trends 2012 and by the Caribbean sail­ing par­adise island St. Barth! 

Fash­ion Trends 2012, Gaas­tra Spring Sum­mer Collection

The lat­est Spring Sum­mer Fash­ion Trends 2012 freshly arrived! Gaastra’s mar­itime sail­ing fash­ion jour­ney leads from the Ital­ian Riv­iera to the Caribbean par­adises Antigua and Saint Thomas this sea­son. Dis­cover the sporty Dolce Vita Feel­ing of the newest ‘Ital­ian Rivera’ line in sweet pas­tel colours as pis­ta­chio, vanilla and straw­berry com­bined with nau­ti­cal stripes or mille­fleur prints and an exclu­sive navy colour com­bined with shades of white within the Capri Regatta line – the whole time­less clas­sic Gaas­tra Bre­ton Col­lec­tion shines with Ital­ian Riv­iera Style, sub­tle ele­gance and a rich mix of materials.

The Gaas­tra Sports Col­lec­tion set sails this sea­son anew as casual and func­tional sail­ing fash­ion on all lon­gi­tude and lat­i­tude lines: The lat­est Gaas­tra Antigua Col­lec­tion anchors as fash­ion­able sports­wear with inno­v­a­tive mate­ri­als tested in the Gaas­tra Pro Sail­ing Cloth­ing Gear and is full of pas­sion. For the tra­di­tional nau­ti­cal colours red, white and blue are dom­i­nated this sea­son by an intense red. This year as well, you don’t have to break sweat, for ultra light and breath­able Gaas­tra jack­ets will keep you dry, com­fort­able and good-looking. The first fash­ion trends 2012 from the Gaas­tra spring sum­mer col­lec­tion for Gaas­tra Women, Gaas­tra Men and Gaas­tra Kids are now on deck in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop. Where will your jour­ney lead you?

Stephan Luca and Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann in Gaas­tra Jack­ets, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

The Ger­man actors Stephan Luca and Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann really leaned in the curves in Gaas­tra jack­ets at the Tyrolean sled-dog race ‘Tirol Cross Moun­tain’ for a good cause: The char­ity event last decem­ber in the Aus­trian ski area Küh­tai with Gaas­tra as its part­ner and about 200 Ger­man TV and film celebri­ties, attracted much atten­tion in the media.

And attracted at the same time with many fash­ion high­lights from the cur­rent Gaas­tra fash­ion col­lec­tion in 2020 metres above sea level. Actor Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann wore the sporty and func­tional Gaas­tra Jacket Lubber’s Line – either in orange, navy or khaki avail­able in the Gaas­tra Shop. Dis­cover more sporty and fash­ion­able Gaas­tra cloth­ing with high-value win­ter jack­ets, ski­wear, fleeces, soft­shells and many more Gaas­tra Men High­lights also at the Gaas­tra Sale in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop at present!

Gaas­tra Online Shop: Trusted Shops Ger­man Rat­ing ‘Excellent’ !

Your sat­is­fac­tion is our moti­va­tion: That proves the Trusted Shops seal of approval as well! The offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop has the max­i­mal top grade with 5 stars in alto­gether 271 cus­tomer rat­ings (Effec­tive: 18.01.12). The indi­vid­ual cri­te­rias, which you as a cus­tomer can rate are Reli­a­bil­ity, Deliv­ery, Goods and Ser­vice – in all cri­te­rias, the Gaas­tra Shop anchored with ‘Excel­lent’ in the Ger­man cus­tomer rating!

Since 1999, Trusted Shops is the guar­an­tor for inde­pen­dent and ver­i­ta­ble rat­ings being engaged in nine Euro­pean coun­tries. The ‘Reli­a­bil­ity Index’ is rated every day anew by our Ger­man cus­tomers with Trusted Shops Buyer Pro­tec­tion – at present, your Gaas­tra Shop secures of 223 rated orders a max­i­mal reli­a­bil­ity index of 100 % ! In the future as well, you can rely on 100 % secure shop­ping world­wide, fast deliv­ery ser­vice and easy exchange: Nat­u­rally in your off­i­cal Gaas­tra Online Shop. Set sail for easy Gaas­tra shopping!

Gaas­tra Blog Con­test: Win one of 5 exclu­sive Voiles de Saint Barth Sets 2012!

Clear blue waters, pearly white beaches, trop­i­cal trade winds and lux­ury all around: Wel­come to the sail­ing– and hol­i­day para-dise Saint Barth! This year as well, Gaas­tra is fash­ion­ably on course with an exclu­sive, nau­ti­cal Les Voiles de St. Barth Sports­wear Col­lec­tion 2012. Dis­cover the Caribbean on your skin in the newest trendy colours and many spe­cial mar­itime Gaas­tra fash­ion details to the third edi­tion of Les Voiles de Saint Barth 2012. The inter­na­tional and exclu­sive Caribbean regatta will be held this year from april 2–7, anew with Gaas­tra as the offi­cial part­ner on deck. Inspired by the magic set­ting of the French Caribbean island and the spe­cial spirit of the regatta, the new Gaas­tra Voiles de St. Barth Lim­ited Edi­tion stands out due to airy colours, high-quality wear­ing com­fort, func­tion­al­ity and mar­itime Gaas­tra badges and embroi­deries for Women, Men and Juniors as well. Exclu­sively in our Gaas­tra Blog, we raf­fle 5 sets com­posed of Voiles de St. Barth Polo (Vinzey or Valen­cia) + Trol­ley this week. 

And that’s how it works: Just leave a com­ment in this blog entry and tell us your St. Barth Polo Vinzey (men) favourite colour or St. Barth Polo Valen­cia (women) favourite colour until the 20^th of jan­u­ary by mid­night at the lat­est! The five lucky win­ners will be con­tacted via email (your email adress will not be pub­lished within the com­ment). Par­tic­i­pa­tion is only pos­si­ble in coun­tries of the Euro­pean Union, all deci­sion are final. We are always pleased with your feed­back: So feel free to com­ment about Gaas­tra and/or our Gaas­tra Online Shop as well! We will keep our fin­gers crossed for you – Best of luck!

Nova Meier­hen­rich in Gaas­tra Jacket, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

That celebri­ties feel well in the cur­rent Gaas­tra jack­ets fash­ion, you could see in the pop­u­lar Aus­trian ski area Küh­tai at the Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 char­ity sled-dog race – Gaas­tra blog reported in decem­ber on the VIP-charity-event. The new images with the well-known Ger­man mod­er­a­tor and actress Nova Meier­hen­rich, anchor Inge Steiner, actors cou­ple Lisa Seitz (with daugh­ter Lucie) and Max Tidof, actor Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann in the Gaas­tra jacket Lubber’s Line and organ­iser and actor Till Demtroeder with ger­man actor Anja Kling in the Gaas­tra jacket edi­tion 0002, nat­u­rally we didn’t want to keep from you. For the sec­ond time, Gaas­tra has been the part­ner of the char­ity event in Tyrolean Küh­tai and equipped the Ger­man celebri­ties fash­ion­ably with the lat­est warm­ing Gaas­tra win­ter jack­ets in an height of 2020 metres.

A selec­tion of the Gaas­tra VIP-Fashion you can order as long as stocks last in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop: Here you’ll find fash­ion­able Gaas­tra Women Jack­ets and Gaas­tra Men Jack­ets! Gaas­tra experts know: With the cur­rent col­lec­tion, Gaas­tra presents its nau­ti­cal know-how for the first time on ski runs this sea­son. Equip your­self as of now with Gaas­tra women’s ski­wear or Gaas­tra men’s ski­wear and be per­fectly pre­pared for your sport­ing trip on snow – ‘good ski­ing’ and ‘ahoy’! 

Lisa Seitz, Max Tidof, Lucie Seitz, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011, © action­press / Franziska Krug

Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann in Gaas­tra Jacket, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

Till Demtroeder & Anja Kling at Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

Inge Steiner in Gaas­tra Jacke, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011, © action­press / Franziska Krug

Gaas­tra Men’s Boat Shoes Royal, Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897, strictly limited

Hand-crafted made from nappa leather, world­wide lim­ited to a total num­ber of only 897 and pre­ciously packed in an indi­vid­u­ally num­bered mahogany wooden box includ­ing a high-quality shoe care set of the pres­ti­gious brand Col­lonil: The Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897 with the Gaas­tra Men’s Boat Shoes Royal is an authen­tic hom­mage to the nau­ti­cal his­tory of Gaas­tra and a true collector’s item. Bun­dled in the spe­cial Gaas­tra Men’s boat shoe edi­tion Royal, you’ll find this rich nau­ti­cal expe­ri­ence while being fash­ion­ably on deck at every time. For the lux­u­ri­ous boat shoes com­bine ele­ments of tra­di­tional deck shoes with mod­ern looks and make every step a royal one! In addi­tion, the Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897 con­tains the Col­lonil shoe– and leather care ‘1909’, a noble cedar shoe­tree and one small and one larger shoe brush made from real goat hair. For all friends of pre­mium shoes an authen­tic collector’s item and a spe­cial gift for men as well. The Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897 is strictly lim­ited and as of now order­able to the price of 349 € in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop – only as long as stock lasts!