KETTLEWELL is busy preparing for its second Mayfest, which will celebrate all things "made in’t dale".

Taking place on Saturday, it promises a fun day out for all the family, with live music, gundog scurries, falconry displays, sheep racing, donkey rides, a beer festival bar, arts and crafts marquees and plenty of foodie delights, from award-winning bangers and pies to the hugely popular WI cake stall.

Its aim is to bring a vibrant, new dimension to traditional farming communities.

One of the highlights is expected to be a fashion show featuring Yorkshire-based designers, who pride themselves on using traditional, local fabrics and textiles, and in particular wool.

Once again, St Mary's Church will be transformed into a catwalk, but this year's show will also include designer styles for men as well as women, to prove there’s more to Dales fashion than green wellies and waxed jackets.

Professional models will be supplied by The Fashion Team of Morton Gledhill in Huddersfield.

They will showcase designer country wear and "tailoring with a twist" from Abraham Moon & Sons, which have been manufacturing fine woollen fabrics in Yorkshire since 1837. Their first and only retail outlet in the UK is at The Courtyard, Settle.

Also taking part is Leeds-based entrepreneur Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, who is part of the "flat cap revolution" that is elevating this traditional country headwear into celebrity fashion statements, again using Yorkshire fabrics, and Nidderdale textile artist Yvonne La Mare, who uses traditional techniques of felt-making to create delicate hand-made and hand-dyed gossamer scarves and wraps.

Local designers Izzy Lane and Joan Murray, who helped to make the fashion show a highlight of Mayfest 2014, will also return to show off examples from their latest collections.

Kettlewell Mayfest is a not-for-profit event and any funds raised will be invested in the village on projects such as a community garden.

For more details of the music line-up, turn to page 39.