Whilst reading the November issue of Elle Magazine this week, I came across an article that featured a range of up and coming designers in the field of knitwear.
These designers are reinventing innovators of the traditionally twee and kitch proecess of knitting and are developing high end pieces for a fashion conscious customer who is looking for something new.
Mei Lim Cooper (see work, right) uses knit in an unexpected way and was my favourite designer to appear in the article which identifies a wave of new knitwear specialist fashion designers.
The designs are a result of projects based on contemporary arts and quite amusingly, on football socks. The ways in which the ribbing on the garments looks like football socks is also quite humorous but helps you to see the innovative use of stitch.
I also like the way that it is quite unclear as to where you would place your arms, legs and head when putting the piece on and the design of the jumpers are quite complex- nothing like the knitted jumpers that you'd expect to typically associate with knitting.
I have also attached a copy of the first page of the article that people might find useful, but you could read it fully in the magazine which I'm sure the library will keep a copy of, page 86-87.
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