From the delicate hand knits of the 30s to the innovative designs of today the exhibition explored how knitwear has changed over the past century. Although many of the stitches and the fundamentals are actually the same the way knitting has been applied to designs and the scale of which it is used, has. Knitwear began with practicality, used for its warmth and flexibility and has developed through beachwear, two-pieces, fair isle, 70s novelty, distressed 80s and to todays revolutionised designs. Highs of now includes Julien Macdonald with his use of unorthodox materials such as neoprene and plastics as well as Sister by Siblings oversized and novelty creations.
(Knitwear Exhibition, FTM, Image from http://underlinesmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/dsc_0651.jpg, 30/09/14)
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