Category Archives: Embellished Knit

Mark Fast; The Ascension of Beauty

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 17, 2010. Filed under Beading, Embellished Knit, Ladders, Spring summer 2010. Tagged knitwear, luminato, mark fast. 6 Comments.

I feel like I always end up writing about work or about someone I know from work, but I really HAVE to share this as I’ve just seen the pictures and I cant believe how amazing this looks. These pictures are of the Mark Fast ‘Luminato’ ‘exhibition as part of [...]

Mark Fast Autumn Winter 2010

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on April 12, 2010. Filed under Crochet, Embellished Knit, Ladders, Ruffles, autumn winter 2010, ribbing. 1 Comment.

Sorry for the long gap between posts, I was …a) very busy and b) trying to figure out what to do with this website to make it easier to keep it updated. I’m going to make the posts much simpler, so I don’t feel panicked about having to write a whole bunch of stuff that [...]

KNITKICKS.CO.UK

Written by Jen Jarvis. 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 [...]

Skull Knits

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on January 24, 2010. Filed under Chunky Knit, Embellished Knit, menswear. Tagged mcqueen, menswear, skull knits. 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 [...]

Derek Lawlor Spring Summer 2010

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on October 20, 2009. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Embellished Knit, Spring summer 2010. 3 Comments.

I’ve written a post all about Derek Lawlor before ( http://knitkicks.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/derek-lawlor-fall-2010/ ) so there’s no need to repeat myself on the history part. These are pictures of his first post-MA spring summer 2010 collection. I’ve been spotting his pieces here and there so it’s nice to see him getting some attention and hopefully we’ll see his pieces [...]

Derek Lawlor

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on September 7, 2009. Filed under Artistic Knit, Autumn Winter 2009-10, Chunky Knit, Embellished Knit, Fringing. Tagged derek lawlor, fashion, knitted cords, knitwear. 3 Comments.

It’s funny how you randomly come accross things when you’re browsing around the net, I somehow ended up here: http://www.quocvo.nl (amazing photography work) and found the picture below. This has got to be one of the best images I have seen of Derek Lawlor’s work so far, the negative effect works really well with his garments. [...]

Mark Fast at Browns

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on August 4, 2009. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Embellished Knit, Fringing. 5 Comments.

Mark fast dresses are now available to buy online exclusivly at Browns (http://www.brownsfashion.com/contentM/Fast_Landing_Page.htm), so max out your overdrafts and go buy one! It’s great to see the commercial versions of his spring summer pieces, I want the fringe dress in the electric blue. Definately worth to invest in one as not only are the pieces [...]

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 Burton

Written by jenjarvis. Posted on June 24, 2009. Filed under Embellished Knit, Fringing, Tension, ribbing. Tagged design, graduate fashion week, knitwear, manchester met, pringle of scotland award winner, Sarah Burton, winner. 3 Comments.

Sarah Burton, 22. Manchester School of Art Design Background: Nominated for the River Island Gold Award and won the Pringle of Scotland Visionary Knitwear Award at GFW 2009. What was the concept behind your collection? I really wanted my clothes to take on characteristics that are not usually typical of knitwear, with particular emphasis on the movement and fit of [...]