Yes, trust me, sometimes in L.A. you do need a thick knit sweater, some other times you even need a scarf and sometimes -just a few times- you even need both of them together! The funny thing is, since this is an extraordinary phenomenon that only happens in rare occasions and never more than -I...
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Although it seems that with each new sun ray the end of winter might be here, the truth is there are still some weeks left till we can definitely get rid of our warm clothes.
Since it is always better to get used to the idea and seeing the positive side of it… How...
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Anytime I am wearing these trousers I seriously have the feeling that, at the less expected moment, they will disintegrate without more previous notice but, hey, there they are, year after year, accumulating holes, loose threads and some other effects due to the passing of time. Do you also feel this kind of weird and...
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Browsing through the images of the new winter collection by Berlin-based knitwear label Maiami that I will show you pretty soon, I decided that, since we are still around 25ºC in here and it kind of still feels like summer, I would choose for today this beautiful handknitted sweater from their last season collection....
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I am not really sure when the weather will be kind of fine in here as to wear the latest collection by Iranian designer -based in Germany’s capital- Lala Berlin, although it seems easier not to be bothered about saying goodbye to nice weather when you have options as amazing as this one to...
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Having the chance of seeing one of Miriam Ponsa’s shows always seems specially interesting to me for several reasons, different, but complementary all of them. I really like her work because she seems a really authentic and sincere designer, adjectives I attribute to her because of her work, which is the only thing...
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What is it that makes knitwear so poetic? Claudia from Knittaluv needs an average of fifty hours for every sweater she knits. Fifty hours for a garment, exclusively conceived and knitted for you: a real luxury in these times of massive and merciless consumerism.
Since those days in which my grandma used to knit...
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Last night was the evening of the British Fashion Awards, you know, these prizes that recognize the work of the most prominent talents of the British fashion scene: ok, I don’t really know how necessary that explanation was, given the clarifying name of the awards themselves.
These prizes, which awarded yesterday Victoria Beckham as best Designer...
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If I have some unresolved matter on this life, it must be learning how to knit; well, I sure may have more matters than this one but, today, let’s focus on the knitting thing. When I studied, one could learn the techniques in the school, experiment and also knit, although the process always...
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And in the position number two of always-effective combinations: thick knits and statement jewelry. To put into practice this weekend.
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Y en el puesto número dos de combinaciones que nunca fallan: punto grueso y joyería contundente. A poner en práctica este fin de semana.
Picture by Masha Mel
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In her collection for this winter Anna October keeps working on her always amazing and varied study of textures, mixing different tricot techniques in one garment. Also by adding kind of unexpected colour combinations where tradition -in camel, black or burgundy- meets the freshness of electric blue, lemon yellow or bright turquoise giving, Anna...
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I have just found out about Petra Collins’ work which, on one hand, I have totally loved and which, on another hand, has reminded me I never found the perfect red mohair sweater Nastassja Kinski was wearing in Paris-Texas and for which I was craving last winter. Ok, now that cold weather is back,...
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Is pale pink the new nude this season? Isn’t this Alexander Wang furry sweater perfect for the cold weather that’s coming? Doesn’t the angora of the sweater fit perfectly well the satin in this, also, Alexander Wang dress? I wonder…
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¿Es el rosa pálido el nuevo nude de esta temporada? ¿No es este jersey peludito...
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‘Since I started exploring knitting techniques a world has opened up for me. The potential of this discipline, to create textures, structures and shapes in various materials, seems infinite.’
N. vB.
Dutch textile designer Nanna van Blaaderen reaffirms each of her words with all her creations. Taking as inspiration source animal life and nature she has...
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Josep Abril is one of the most consolidated designers showing their creations in 080 Barcelona Fashion; he created his label in 1996 and, since then, has spent his time making his own line grow at the same time that he has been in charge of the creative direction of Armand Basi One, has launched...
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¡Oh! Quiero todos y cada uno de sus minivestidos; banda, de punto, y llenos de calados, irrefutablemente sexys. Y cuando me los ponga quiero que suenen de fondo los rayos y truenos de su desfile. Sí, la mujer fuerte ha vuelto, ¡yeah!
Oh! I want each and every single...
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De nada le sirvió su referencia directa a las armaduras medievales y al concepto de protección para este invierno cuando asaltaron su taller el pasado febrero y robaron todas y cada una de las piezas que componían su colección, tan sólo horas después de haberla presentado dentro del desfile MAN, patrocinado por TopMan y...
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Entre mucho mini vestido de punto, de líneas fluidas y románticas, con un toque nostálgico y lencero que nos remite a lejanos (o no tanto) tiempos de infancia, donde prima la comodidad y la funcionalidad, Marion Mille presenta su nueva colección para este invierno, que tenemos ya a la vuelta de la esquina.
Y es...
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Pero ¿qué pasa con el punto? Hay vida más allá del jersey de grecas que llevabas de pequeño, palabra. Y si no lo crees mira como está el panorama ahora mismo, que te va a encantar.
Nada más lejos de la idea que puedes crearte de tu abuelita tejiendo en una mecedora con la...
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