Missoni
Ottavio (Tai) Missoni built a fashion empire on a signature zigzag stripe. He was a world class sportsman with an eye for pattern. He not only competed at the 1948…
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Katiuscia Williams
Katiuscia Williams fell in love with fashion at church. Her mother commissioned bright ensembles from local seamstresses in their home town of Miami, and Williams was enchanted by the bold…
Sibling
Photos by Emma Vining @ V&A's Fashion in Motion Knitwear collective SIBLING is a collaboration between Joe Bates, Sid Bryan and Cozette McCreery. SIBLING launched on May 29th 2008 in…
Shirley Paden
Shirley Paden launched her design business "Shirley Paden Custom Knits" in 1992, with 16 hand-knit garment designs. For over two decades, she has been designing, teaching and writing instructional articles…
Laduma Ngxokolo
Laduma Ngxokolo is one of Africa's finest knitwear designers and innovator of the Xhosa (one of the South African dominant ethnic groups) inspired knitwear brand MAXHOSA BY LADUMA. He established…
Marion Foale
Marion Foale Des R.C.A. is one of our most respected fashion designers with more than forty years experience in the business. Marion studied fashion design at the Royal College of…
Nacinimod Deodee
Brooklyn-based Crochet Artist Nacinomod Deodee grew up in Dominica, in the Caribbean south-south-east of Guadeloupe. He explains: "Life in the Caribbean is craft driven. People are creative in all kinds…
Eleanor Amoroso
Eleanor Amoroso produces entirely hand-knotted macramé collections of womenswear and jewellery. Inspired by the different textures and silhouettes created in knitwear she focuses on the elements of surface texture weaving unexpected…
