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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!

For the first time, the Inter­na­tional Sav­ing Day has been cel­e­brated on 31st octo­ber 1925: Today we cel­e­brate World Sav­ings Day 2011 exlu­sively in our Gaas­tra Blog and rec­om­pense the fastest 10 cus­tomers with an imme­di­ate Gaas­tra Shop Dis­count worth 10 Euro! Add favourite(s) in your shop­ping cart, use Discount Voucher Code ‘BGWS2011’ and enjoy Gaas­tra Fash­ion more favor­able on World Sav­ings Day: Whether trendy Gaas­tra Women Win­ter­jack­ets or Men’s Win­ter­jack­ets of the lat­est Limi-ted Edi­tion, Sailors or Time­less Col­lec­tion. The lim­ited Gaas­tra dis­count is valu­able on the com­plete fall win­ter assort­ment in the offi­cial online shop. Be well-equipped in addi­tion for win­ter and freez­ing tem­per­a­tures with in fash­ion Gaas­tra Women Fleeces and Men’s Fleeces – per­fect and at the same time fash­ion­able pro­tec­tion from in– and out­side. Quick­ness pays off today for the first ten cus­tomers: Get ready for win­ter in your Offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop with world­wide delivery!

Ned­er­landse Bouwre­gatta spon­sored by Gaas­tra Sports­wear, www.gaastraproshop.com

The par­tic­u­larly aimed at helms­man in con­struc­tion sail­ing event ‘Ned­er­landse Bouwre­gatta’ at Dutch Enkhuizen at IJs­selmeer, expects this year as well more than 350 par­tic­i­pants and about 50 boats: The grow­ing annual IJs­selmeer sail­ing event takes place since 2007, tra­di­tion­ally always on the first fri­day of sep­tem­ber as well as this year and opens on the thurs­day before with the entry of the boats.

The cap­tains will be wel­comed at the marina Enkhuizen fol­lowed by the din­ner with the skip­pers and crew and a nau­ti­cal lec­ture in the evening. The Main Match Day of the Gaas­tra spon­sored Ned­er­landse Bouwre­gatta 2011 takes place then on fri­day, 2nd sep­tem­ber and the pro­ceeds will be donated this year as well for char­ity purposes.

Ned­er­landse Bouwre­gatta, spon­sored by Gaas­tra Sportswear

Gaas­tra Ger­man Clas­sics Regatta Poloshirt Giyani Men of the Lim­ited Col­lec­tion 2011

Lim­ited Gaas­tra Poloshirt Giyani Ger­man Clas­sics Laboe 2011 Women

The famous Ger­man Clas­sics sail­ing regatta 2011 in the baltic sea at Laboe is at the ready: From august 18 to 21, the har­bour at Laboe near the Ger­man north­ern city Kiel will be the annu­als refresh­ing melting-pot of clas­si­cal yachts for the 23rd time. A week­end full of sail­ing regat­tas, sail­ing– and yacht-history and a big vary­ing pro­gramme for the whole fam­ily. Gaas­tra as the spon­sor of this pop­u­lar clas­si­cal regatta, is proud to present you its this years Poloshirt Edi­tion of the Ger­man Clas­sics Col­lec­tion 2011 for Women and Men.

The fash­ion­able and sporty Gaas­tra Poloshirt Giyani owns spe­cial details like the Ger­man Clas­sics crest and word­ing at front as well as mar­itime badges at both sleeves. The nice logo at the back pays addi­tion­ally tribut to the rich-in-tradition Ger­man Clas­sics Regatta in the beau­ti­ful hanseatic set­ting of Laboe. The Lim­ited Gaas­tra Poloshirt is smartly equipped with ripped col­lar and cuffs and owns side slits for com­fort­able wear­ing. You can save your per­sonal Poloshirt Giyani of the Gaas­tra Ger­man Clas­sics Edi­tion 2011 the easy way in advance now in your Offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop!

Ger­man Clas­sics Laboe 2011 Gaas­tra Poloshirt Giyani Women

Ger­man Clas­sics Laboe 2011 Gaas­tra Poloshirt Men Giyani, Detail

Gaas­tra Sports­wear Spon­sor of the Ger­man Clas­sics Regatta Laboe 2011