WSA 2012 Show: Backstage

Picture heavy post of my favourite pieces and accessories seen backstage on Monday night at the Truman Brewery.



Model Lexi all the way from Brazil. L: Kayleigh Horn  R: Xiaoge Xiu

  

Lexi again in Lucy Cox



Lucy Cox's designs

Another look from Xiaoge Xiu's collection 



Footwear that caught my eye: Topshop platforms from Amy Whitelaw's collection. I am considering on purchasing a pair for this summer as it was very comfortable when I tired it on. Only factor that is stopping me is the thought of the pony the material was sourced from.

 

Amanda Thompson's outfit. Very Vivienne Westwood. Particularly adore the shrivelled leather gloves in the head wear as they look nothing like gloves.




Very Versace, high street grab from Zara worn by a stunning model from Philippines pictured above.




One of the make up artists form L'Oreal was wearing the MARNI for H&M acrylic flower necklace.




There were very little menswear collections this year as you can see from the running order board in the previous post. This one was my favourite by Shana Lao. I wish more men were confident enough to wear skirts apart from kilts.

Joys of knitting..NOT

Fashion knitwear is hot Hot HOT this season as you might have noticed already. I particularly love the geeky, grandma's knitted jumper look for menswear. Attractive or what?

Anyway, today i went to knit a sample piece myself. However the yarn I picked was too chunky even for the chunky knitting machine, so I had to make do with a finer yarn. I found it fascinating to watch the needles pick up stitches one by one as I dragged the lever from left to right for several hours. Well one hour but it felt like 5. Here is the motion captured through my image.





Needles picking up the stitches and adding on a new line each time the lever is pulled across

 


All was going very well UNTIL this precise moment. One row decided not to hook up and hung loose.
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Fashion Knitwear



My starting point. Shapes.

 Inspiration : Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity. 

This jeweller box is where it all started for this knitwear for fashion project. Architecture is something i looked into, however found it too structured to explore. Inspiration lead to the construction of this dress. I knitted a long piece and then manipulated it to create shape and volume. Here are a couple of the images of the dress.