Posts Tagged ‘womenswear’
Speaking of embroidery and embellishment, how about the energetic, macro versions by Central St. Martins alumnus Jiwon Jahng? Yes please!
It’s such a personal delight to happen across an unknown designer who doesn’t fit into the banal mainstream. Finding these designers always manages to renew my faith in the future of fashion given how overexposed everything feels these days.
So we all know by now that minimalism is the current darling of the fashion world and while my personal tastes tend to skew this way and always have, I appreciate and crave embellishment. I’ve played myself with embroidery and crochet in recent years, but haven’t had the time to produce anything worth posting since I don’t seem to have much time to create these days. Anyway, I was happy to discover Francesca Crow whose work is full of beautiful, original embellishment. She shares not only her collection but her sketches, photos from recent travels, and inspirations on her blog. It’s not clear what she’s currently up to, but I look forward to hearing more about her soon
There is an opulent softness to Mandy Coon’s clothing that keeps me from dismissing it as more of the same gothic frippery that’s been dominating fashion circles for the past few years. Yeah, there’s lots of black and black leather, and chains but it’s nicely tempered with a milky peach toned silk, chunky knits, and humour in the shape of a crushed velvet bunny bag. Her silhouettes aren’t aggressively hard-edged and I think that’s what makes the difference
Margarita Saplala printed tank; $172; Wish white top; $101; Madison Marcus tank dress; $286; Argila suede heel; $319
Quite a nice selection at NYC based Dear Fieldbinder. Their dress selection in particular is really good!
Top Left: Skirt $198 AUS; Top Right: Tank $163 AUS; Bottom Left: Dress $187 AUS; Bottom Right: Jacket $293 AUS
Really loving these geometric shapes and prints pieces by Perks&Mini (PAM) from their Garden of Earthly Delights collection (Now I have that XTC song stuck in my head! Not that that’s a bad thing) all at their Someday store (lots of great stuff there)
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