If Rosie Kent´s and Liria Pristine´s heads wouldn´t have flashed so über-blond and über-red, i certainly would have passed the window, the two were sitting in during a Berlin Fashion Week event. Instead of, I turned back and got enchanted.
Spreading both, a breeze of 20s Swing and water waves era and an urban cosmopolite-coquettish charm, Rosie and Liria, the heads behind Pristine Smut,  presented their unique knitwear jewelry on a table and on their necks, arms and heads. Knitted jewels to reallocate, to adhere and to drape - so far, always an aversion to me. Too much knit, too much volume, too much extravagance, too much attention.
But against my expectations, the knitted jewels draped on real woman looked great. Precious and covetable, yes, even really charming and unobtrusive. There was no sign of this absurd seriousness and hyper-artsy attitude that made me feel so uncomfortable with knitted jewels so far.
And so, today I am looking forward to present the young jewelry label Pristine Smut to you and I really hope, the two Central Saint Martins graduates Rosie Kent and Liria Pristine let lots of heads turn while sitting in that window in Berlin.

Photos via Pristine Smut

The weather is foul, it´s cold and grey and my wait for summer seems to become an endless tragedy. At least, Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann, two young designers that are the heads behind cooperativedesigns, make my day. With only three collections, cooperativedesigns has conquered the fashion market by storm and caught lots of honors and reputations. The terrific feedback seems to quicken the Ex St. Martin´s students. In my opinion, the AW 08/09 collection is their strongest, most creative and most outstanding creative output so far. So, the outlook on winter becomes really tolerable…but still, dear nature, please don´t forget to interpose an hot and sunny summer.

Photos via cooperativedesigns

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Can´t help - i just see some analogies in the sculptural knitwear by Sandra Backlund and Lucas Nascimento.
Both work with the female silhouette and create artistic, unique shapes that are built around the body like artpieces.

But still, huge difference is, that the grandmaster of knitwear: Sandra Backlund creates pieces that are more art than fashion…and the more edgy aspiring Knitwear designer Lucas Nascimento creates the fashion pieces that inherit a touch of art.

So for today, i leave it at that and consider this post as some kind of knitspiration.

Photos via Lucas Nascimento and Sandra Backlund
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