BARBARA Í GONGINI

Written by admin. Posted on March 9, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Coated Knits, Loose Knit, autumn winter 2010. No comments.
This is the Autumn winter 2010/11 collection of BARBARA Í GONGINI, a Nordic brand based in Denmark. The designer behind the brand (Barbara) graduated in 1996 from Denmark’s Designskole, Institute of Unica Design. The aim of this brand is to create Nordic clothing based on a conceptual approach, where experiments with different forms provide the visual motive in the [...]

KNITKICKS.CO.UK

Written by admin. Posted on March 8, 2010. Filed under De Montfort University, Embellished Knit. No comments.
Ok, so everything has moved over toknitkicks.co.uk ….so please please please spread the word and update your feeds/links. The whole website is a bit of a mess so bare with me whilst I sort it out. Nothing will be posted on the old wordpress account so if you don’t update your links to knitkicks.co.uk you [...]

Tim Ryan

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on March 2, 2010. Filed under Autumn Winter 2009-10, Fringing, Ladders. Tagged . 5 Comments.
Links: http://www.timryanknitwear.com/ http://knitkicks.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/tim-ryan-autumn-winter-2009/ http://knitkicks.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/tim-ryan-knitwear/

Shao-Yen Chen

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 23, 2010. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Fringing, Ruffles, Uncategorized, autumn winter 2010. Tagged . 6 Comments.
This is a bit of a follow up from my last post. This is Shao-Yen Chen’s MA graduate collection as shown on Sunday night. It’s absolutely beautiful and I love all these irregular shapes made from built up fringing. As always I have a mini interview….   I am inspired by HUMAN BODY, MOVEMENT, NATURE, LANDSCAPE. I have interned [...]

Shao-yen Chen

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 18, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged . 2 Comments.
I would like to introduce you to the next knit genius to come out of the Central Saint Martins fashion machine…Shao-yen Chen. He graduated from the BA fashion knitwear course at CSM back in 2008 and went straight onto the masters. The pictures below are of his beautiful BA collection which featured felted knitting merging [...]

Steven Oo

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 16, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Hand Knit, autumn winter 2010, ribbing. 4 Comments.
It’s not often that I post the entire line up from a graduate collection but I just love Steven Oo’s work as shown as part of the Academy of Arts show at New York fashion week 2010. Originating from Yangon, Myanmar he has just graduated from Fashion and Knitwear design. The collection is made [...]

R.I.P

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 12, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. 3 Comments.

Liria Pristine for Alexander Herchcovitch

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on February 9, 2010. Filed under autumn winter 2010, menswear. 1 Comment.
    These pieces are from Alexander Herchcovitch’s Autumn Winter 2010 Collection as made by knitting extraordinaire Liria Pristine. The collection was inspired by The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman and was said to be one of the strongest collection of Sao Paulo Fashion Week!   To read more Info on Liria Please visit the following Links… http://knitkicks.co.uk/2009/08/08/liria-pristine-2/ [...]

Unknown Knitters!

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on January 31, 2010. Filed under Cables, Chunky Knit. Tagged , . 3 Comments.
Sorry everyone for the lack of posting, I’m in the middle of moving house/ am generally very busy. I’m actually starting to panick about the amount I have to write about, my computer is currently filled to the brim with pictures of knitwear. This is a quickie post…I did actually email the college for more [...]

Skull Knits

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on January 24, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Embellished Knit, menswear. Tagged , , . 5 Comments.
This is going to be a quick post. I just spotted this skull jumper (above) in the Autumn/Winter 2010 Alexander McQueen collection. It sparked of a memory of an image I had saved before….so after searching my computer for about an hour I found the image below..a more textural version skull inspired jumper. I’m not too [...]