Sandra Backlund is an exceptional knitwear designer. Her knitwear is more like a manifestation of fantasy than real life. I love that the knitwear doesn't have to have any sense of functionality or even practicality, it is simply something extravagant, beautiful and incredibly complex. As I am currently specialising in knit she is a great influence in my work. My current project is nowhere near as experimental as Sandra's work, however her use of structure and the contrast of tight, dense and almost heavy knit with the open structures that give it lace like qualities was a strong influence.
I absolutely love the above image. The dress is very sophisticated and almost has the appearance of a ball gown or dress that would be worn down the red carpet. Being a knitted dress, and because of the way that it hugs the body, I feel like the dress would be incredibly cosy and comforting, rather than restricting. The dress has a very organic look and appears as though it could have grown from the ground, shaping itself around the model (Tilda Swinton).
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