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Sunday 15 September 2013
Xiao Li
Traditional knitwear is more soft and shapeless," Li told Dezeen. "I wanted to find out a new way to present knitwear and was influenced by Modern architecture and 60s Balenciaga."
The voluminous pieces are made from spacer fabric, which combines two layers of textiles connected by filaments and holds its shape while still appearing lightweight.
Li used her own knitting samples to create moulds to produced patterned silicone material used entirely for a jacket and skirt, and as hems or accessories for genuine knitted items. "I wanted to make sure my collection is innovative but still wearable," she said.
source: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/05/rca-fashion-2013-collection-by-xiao-li/
Shengwei Wang
- Chinese born, London based fashion designer
- degree in fashion design with knitwear from central saint martins in 2011
- now gaining MA at central saint martins
- interned with Alexander mcqueen, Giles Deacon, John Galliano
- Won the L'Oreal competition
- in 2006 won the best creative award pf Lancome colour design awards
- her signature is experimentation with unconventional materials and form
In her latest s/s 2013 collection, called ”A Bird Without Leg”,
Shengwei shows her genuine take on sculptural knitwear through
loose forms with bell-shaped sleeves as short wings interlocked
with insubstantial organza inserts as feathers in a plain palette
of creamy shades, metallic gray and black and white.
She skillfully combines flat and bouclé yarns with metallic
inserts, playing with geometrical motifs to create dazzling
patchworks, lace and net effects, often emebellished with
small fringes
Shengwei shows her genuine take on sculptural knitwear through
loose forms with bell-shaped sleeves as short wings interlocked
with insubstantial organza inserts as feathers in a plain palette
of creamy shades, metallic gray and black and white.
She skillfully combines flat and bouclé yarns with metallic
inserts, playing with geometrical motifs to create dazzling
patchworks, lace and net effects, often emebellished with
small fringes
sonia rykiel
- Speciality in knitwear
- trademark - skinny sweaters with raised armholes in distinctive colours and stripes
- 19678- her designs symbolised freedom for the female body from stiff silhouettes of the past
- revolutionary inside-out stitching technique
kenzo knitwear
With yellow jacquard with a leopard print, and 3D green crocodile knits, knitwear is going wild this season. With pop colors and animal prints, Kenzo’s original knits are trapped in this new collection. Let’s follow the trail.
It all started in the Seventies with Jungle Jap (Kenzo Takada’s brand before he created Kenzo) and his colorful knits.
Kenzo incarnated the pop aspect of this new knitwear and became a reference. Ethnic patterns, large flowers and bright colors combined in his knits
His collars, sleeves and hems were often ribbed in contrasting colors, like a sweatshirt, but knit. His sweaters were worn over a dress shirt or other long-sleeved shirt, launching layering, a look that is still with us today! Another trick up Kenzo’s sleeve, another emblematic piece: the sweater with kimono sleeves. This was the perfect mix of Japanese culture and French style that expressed the brand’s very essence, and this new cut marked hearts and minds, and fashion alike.
The 100% wool sweater, embroidered with the feline, has come to symbolize the brand and its renewal.
Gaetano Navarra
- From Bologna, Spain
- First pret-a-porter knitwear collection presented from 1986-1991 at milan callezioni
- 1992 collaboration with Gruppo Genny which lasted 8 years, made head of the line
- 1995 named artistic director of the spazio tendenze at pitti filati
- 2004/5 f/w mens line debuted
- june 2006 awarded "La Kore L'oscar della moda"
A take on his 2009 spring/summer collection http://www.fashionwindows.net/2008/09/gaetano-navarra-spring-2009/
Of his 2010 f/w collection navarra said
“I got myself caught in the game of revisitations, but even more, in the intrigue generated by material contaminations, with results that aim at originality and novelty,” - See more at: http://www.fashionwindows.net/2010/02/gaetano-navarra-fall-2010/#sthash.WunLP1lr.dpuf
A review of this collection: http://www.fashionwindows.net/2010/02/gaetano-navarra-fall-2010/
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