To confirm: for next week you will all have research and be informed on ALL the designers listed on the Project Brief for a group discussion. Please also find 3 designers (not on list) who you individually find interesting or relevant and be prepared to talk about them - excited to see what you discover!
^Issey Miyake SS 1999 ^
Here are a few things to follow on from today's discussion:
Amazing knitwear designer Sandra Backlund:
http://www.sandrabacklund.com/
NYT journalist Cathy Horyn talks to Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton about craft in this video:
http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/crafty-talk/
Aitor Throup Website - scroll through his sketchbooks, commissions, illustrations, films etc...
http://www.aitorthroup.com/aitorthoup_polyphonic.html
Article on 'The Legacy Of The Antwerp Six' - (The BOF - Business Of Fashion is a great site for daily articles etc on the industry - bookmark it) + there are some nice links to young designers at the bottom...
http://www.businessoffashion.com/2009/06/the-antwerp-academy-the-enduring-legacy-of-the-antwerp-six.html
^Malcolm Maclaren + Vivienne Westwood - Witches Collection A/W 1983^
Vivienne Westwood - visual history. Great pictures and footage from inside her and Malcolm Maclaren's legendary shops + close up shots of her early clothing &collections.
http://theblitzkids.com/site_archive/theblitzkids/viviennewestwood.html
The Blitz Kidz site is a huge site + details the life and times of the 80's London club kids - from punks to new romantics and all the rest. While you're here why not research Kensington Market, textile designers BodyMap and Leigh Bowery?
^ Martin Margiela - Broken Plates Vest ^
Maison Martin Margiela Anniversary Show - S/S 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw0bhSEbPMY
If you're looking at his other collections - remember he became noticeably less involved with the brand after 2005. Why note read a show review of this collection on style.com etc for further insight?
Don't forget Helmut Lang to add to your list of designers.
See you next week,
Alex
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