She 50% of the brains behind the London knitwear label Cooporative designs which specialises in innovative and quirky knitwear and has been running for about 4 seasons now. Cooporative designs was founded by Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann, both designers heavily featured knitwear in their graduating collections and both graduated from the MA Central Saint [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 26, 2008
Pringle of Scotland SS09
Back in June, I was beaten by Ria Thomas; a Nottingham Trent graduate for the Pringle of Scotland Visionary Knitwear Award. And, honestly… the girl deserved the award way more than I did, her collection was beautiful and technically amazing.
So, I was kinda annoyed for her when I saw the Pringle collection. I just didn’t [...]
November 24, 2008
Simone Shailes for Topshop
Simone Shailes goes on sale in Topshop this week. Despite rumours I’ve heard here and there (about there being a waiting list for the pieces) it’s been announced on topshop.com that the pieces will be on sale online this week.
After showcasing her work for Topshop New Generation at London Fashion week, she met with the Topshop [...]
November 20, 2008
Timothy James Andrews- 2008/09
Here is one hell of a colourful and quirky knitter.
Timothy James Andrews, MA graduate from the Royal College of Art and BA textile graduate from Chelsea College of Art & Design. He makes all of his pieces himself (that’s right..not a poor sweatshop worker or studio intern in sight) I was nosing at his CV [...]
November 9, 2008
Rodarte Spring/Summer 2009
Since I haven’t posted on Rodarte before, here’s a little background:
Laura Mulleavy, designs the line with her younger sister Kate and the label has been going strong since Spring/Summer 2006. The thing I love about these guys is that they haven’t had everything handed to them on a plate. They’re not from St Martins, they [...]
