A French woman who owns a company that provides tailoring and stitching work to high-fashion houses is suing Chanel, alleging they stole one of her company's crochet designs. Carmen Colle filed the suit over four years ago and it's just going to trial in France now. She told the Guardian , "It...
The photo on the homepage of fashion designer Michael Kors's website features a crocheted cashmere cardigan. The photo is used in ads in fashion mags this season, and I smile every time I see it. Speaking of fashion mags. I've kept no secret about my love of Teen Vogue . It's the whole package...
Here . I can't say I like the oversized bit, but I'm intrigued by the Napoleonic , layering , and bubble (if it avoids the ridiculous) styles. Fur should go out again; it went out for a reason. And if it sparks more interest in faux fur yarns, I'll scream. Trends be damned, it's time...
It's coming out already . (And I like this writer's discussion of playfulness and non-goody-goodyness in design.) Updated to add : Check out James Coviello's Fall 2006 collection -- dark earthtones, understated feminine details. I love. [Link from Amy .]
The TNNA trade show has only just begun, and here's a brief report so far. Know what's about the coolest thing ever (that's not designing the perfect top on the first try without ripping once)? Meeting Missa and Jessica in person. The internets are a crazy thing, and hugging someone you've...
An article in today's Sun-Times highlights the work of Chicago crochet designers Di-O and Double Stitch . The well-written article makes me dream of all that's possible, but the photos on the designers' sites make me drool.
It's a whole article about crochet in fashion . Rad. Be sure to click the "In pictures" link under the headline.
So... Crochet is back? Who knew? Here's a snippet: "Following in the footsteps of knitting, crochet has now shed its fuddy-duddy image after being seen on the catwalks from Paris to Milan to New York in the spring-summer 2005 collections of such top fashion houses as Chanel, Prada, Calvin Klein...
Thanks to Crochet me Tech Editor Julie for the link to the No-Poncho Pledge . "In that instant you realize that your life it has been wasted on this loser of the fashion. Worse, thanks to the ubiquity of the digital cameras, for the next twenty years you will have to look at the family photos in...