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"'Visually sumptuous... loaded with useful information... accessible and accurate text' - Crafts 'Beautifully illustrated' - Knitting International"
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Newly available in paperback, this book crystallizes the transformation of knitwear design - and its audience - in our time. From Julien Macdonald's cobweb confections and Lainey Keogh's filigree works of art, through Prada's sophisticated classics with a twist and Missoni's rainbow zigzags and stripes, to Martin Margiela's avant-garde deconstructions and Issey Miyake's revolutionary clothing concept A-POC, the best of today's fashion designers are bringing radical ideas to this most traditional of forms. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, Knitwear in Fashion shows off the best in international knitwork right up to the present day. An extensive reference section covers the technology of knitting, developments in design and new fibres, as well as a glossary of technical terms and biographies of designers. This book is essential for anybody concerned with textiles, fashion or contemporary design.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Who thought knitting was just kntting needles and balls of wool, made only by our grandmothers?!! This book is far from 'knit one pearl one' and cable knit jumpers! A superbly inspirational book packed full of beautiful illustrations. It is not for those wishing to buy a step by step guide to knitting, rather for those who wish to be inspired by what knitwear is like in fashion/crafts today. Simply beautiful.
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Sandy Black in association with the London College of Fashion has produced a book that presents a turning point in publications about knitwear and acknowledges the innovations in technology over the past 25 years that have changed the material, design, and production of knitwear as we previously knew it.
The book, published by Thames and Hudson has just under 200 pages, and includes over 300 pictures, 285 of them in colour.
In three chapters, each divided into three sections, the reader is seduced from one page to the next through historical and technical information breathtakingly supported by visual images.
Chapter one starts with an historical overview goes on to present changes in knitwear design as influenced by fashion design houses and technological developments in the areas of materials, machinery, and methods, and closes with a section on knitted accessories from bags to jewelry.
Chapter two delves deeper into the technology of materials and what Sandy Black describes as the breaking down of the barriers between craft, art, and fashion by the use of experimental yarns, new fibres and fibre combinations, surface and structure treatments, and manipulation of surfaces and forms as a result of the knitting processes, and the radical impact new processes and materials have made on individual fashion designers. The third section of this chapter discusses the technical development of seamless construction, and the new dimensions to which it has been taken by Issey Miyake.
Chapter three, called Blurring the Boundaries looks at knitting as a medium for expression in artworks and sculpture, performance, and for interior and furnishing design.
The book closes with an Information chapter that includes knitting technology from hand- to advanced forms of machine knitting, yarns and fibres, designer biographies and finally a glossary of technical terms and resources.
Sandy Black writes with clarity and comprehensive enthusiasm. She takes us into the world of high fashion, art, and theatre, and for not one moment do we lose touch of the softness and subtle feel of knitted textures.
This book is a must for everybody who has a passion for knits, fashion, and textiles, from maker to wearer!
Thank you Sandy Black!
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Inspiration Time!
2 Dec 2002
Format:Hardcover
This book will be inspirational to anyone who aspires to be a knitwear designer, in the fashion-forward sense of the idea. It's not a pattern book, but it does have lots of pictures of runway models in things you'd never wear, including those infamous Alexander McQueen numbers. It also has knitted-fabric-as-art pieces, altho not the installation that was a knitted house complete with knitted furniture and vacuum cleaner.
It includes a few pages of knitwear in fashion history, as well as a few pages on the technology of knitting. Handknitters might not get as much inspiration as machine knitters, but there's plenty of ideas to take and use in your own original pieces. There's easily a dozen sweaters with elements I'd adapt for my own sweaters.
Who would buy this book? A knitwear designer, someone with money to burn and/or who loves to see fashion shows. However, do recommend it to your local public or academic library! then put yourself on the list to check it out.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Showcases some of the best from modern knit fashion artists
4 July 2005
Format:Paperback
Two new titles are excellent artistic presentations. Sandy Black's Knitwear In Fashion reviews some of the works of the radical new designers creating knitwear styles. From avant-garde deconstructions to eye-catching new clothing and blends of traditional with modern knit styles, KNITWEAR IN FASHION showcases some of the best from modern knit fashion artists.
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