Patternpeople
: Winter 2010 inspirations, Japan Fashion Week
Lace and crochet
Motonari Ono, Mint Design, Tokuko 1er Vol (x2), background,
Pattern People
Been seeing some gorgeous uses of lace and crochet on the Tokyo
runways, and noticing a big trend towards lace prints in the U.S.
and Europe marketplace coming up soon.
Folkloric knits
Everlasting Sprout (top image) showed some folksy knits reminiscent
of recent films "Where the Wild Things Are", and "The Fantasic Mr.
Fox", particularly the fox mask/hats, and the child-like sets.
Phenonomenon paired naive-style animal and nature imagery with hard
rugged 90's inspired pieces like black kilts, combat boots and even
some bondage-gear-looking leather straps. The juxtaposition really
shouldn't work, but it does.
Claudia Brown
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