Category Archives: Coated Knits

BARBARA Í GONGINI

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on March 9, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Coated Knits, Loose Knit, autumn winter 2010. 3 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 [...]

Class of 2009

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on July 3, 2009. Filed under Artistic Knit, Basket Weave, Beading, Cables, Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Coated Knits, Crochet, De Montfort University, Embellished Knit, Fabric Manipulation, Fringing, Hand Knit, Intarsia, Jacquard, Ladders, Loose Knit, Macramé, Nottingham Trent, Ravensbourne, Ruffles, Stripes, Tension, menswear, ribbing. Tagged fashion, knit, knit design, knitting, knitwear, knitwear graduates. 7 Comments.

This is just a quick recap of the knitwear graduates 2009. Click on the below pictures to go to each designers interview. I’ve just got to say that there has been such an immense amount of talent this year and it was really inspiring to look through everyones collections. If this doesn’t inspire the next batch of graduates [...]

Phoebe English

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on July 2, 2009. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Coated Knits, Embellished Knit, Hand Knit. Tagged Central Saint Martins, knitted, knitwear, knitwear graduate, phoebe english. 5 Comments.

Phoebe English, 23. Central St Martins Your Design Background: Internships at John Galliano, Paris, Diane Von Furstenburg, New York. Employment under the corsetier Mr Pearl. What was the concept behind your collection? It was based on the Symbolist, Max Klingers series of etchings called, ‘the paraphrase of the finding of the glove,’ they are works which depict a dreamlike [...]

Sarah Benning

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on June 19, 2009. Filed under Chunky Knit, Coated Knits, Hand Knit. Tagged knitted, knitwear, sarah benning, westminster university. 6 Comments.

Sarah Benning, 24. University of Westminster Your Design Background: I took a year out before my final year and worked for Christopher Kane, have been there during every show since his second show. Also worked at COS within the pattern cutting team. What was the concept behind your collection? It all revolved around the body which I’m sure is an [...]

Louise Goldin Fall 2009-10

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on April 7, 2009. Filed under Autumn Winter 2009-10, Coated Knits, Embellished Knit. Tagged autumn winter, fall 2009-10, knitwear, London Fashion Week, louise goldin, saga furs, swarovski, whittaker malem. 11 Comments.

I didn’t really know where to start with this post because there’s just so much to say about Louise Goldin. I guess I should start with a brief history of the designer. Louise was head of design at a renowned Brazilian fashion house after graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2001 with a BA in Fashion [...]

Alexander Mcqueen Fall 2009-10 show

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on March 27, 2009. Filed under Autumn Winter 2009-10, Coated Knits, menswear. Tagged alexander mcqueen, british, catwalk, dickens, knitwear, london, mcqueen, menswear. 11 Comments.

The Alexander McQueen Fall 2009-10 show is almost last in my menswear series (there’s one more menswear knitter I’m going to squeeze in). I love McQueen’s womenswear collections anyway and I found the mens equally as superb. This season it was a bit of a Dickens Novel/19th Century inspired look, the models were sent down [...]