on the ol' joanna

Joanna Vanderpuije doesn't have a website. Hey, young designers, you gotta give up the info sometimes, yeah?
I'll let it slide, though, because her designs kinda speak for themselves.
A Central St Martins graduate (of both the BA and MA courses!), Joanna has worked for McQueen, Jonathon Saunders and Diane von Furstenburg, and works with prints and, in this collection (SS10), awesome embellishments.

Below: perspex embellishments on cotton; and again on a suede shift. Screen printed dress over a double layered chiffon skirt (LOVE); and the screen print on a jacket, teamed with a leather bra. Then some NUDE MAXIS; YEAH BOIII. One with net insert; one in pleated chiffon (and then styled with a leather cut out skirt over it; major love.)

So yeah, she's pretty awesome, if hard to find info on. Course this means I have no stockist info either....

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loops and bounds

See, now, I did tell you it was knitwear week. Clearly I am a bit of a fan of loopy types...

This is Derek Lawlor, S/S10, another CSM (MA) graduate, who uses wax cord to make his embellishments. Vidi:

Loving; properly properly loving; the cropped jumpers and vests, particularly the one up top. And in look 4. And 7. Yesyesyes. All very futuristic and stuff.

No news yet on stockists, but fingers crossed pieces will get some distribution!

And some more looks - I think from his graduate collection; don't quote me on that. A little Pugh-esque, a little monochromatic. Don't love it as much as the above looks, but it's still loadsa awesome.

pictures and stuff from knitkicks and fashion156

petra dish

Another CSM graduate (this time 2009!), now - Petra Metzger, whose collection 'Mirror in mirror' is essentially a celebration of all that is organza. WOOHOOOO!

That last one is STUNNINGGGGG.

A little jellyfish like, but in the best way, non?

Petra's concept was the 'repetition of a detail or part of a garment in different angles, use of different textured, grey fabrics and plain blocks of colour, blurring shapes and detail with lots of layers of organza' - she aimed to make functional garments, and unfamiliar shapes softened by masses of voluminous organza; which produces some beautifully unique, cloud-esque pieces.

What stood out to me, through the miles of grey organza, was the beautiful, bright and bold shoes - yo Petra, if you have some size 5's lying about, y'know, I'll give em' a good home, yeah?

drool.

Coming across her blog (which is essentially an online CV, employers!) I was enamoured to find illustrations along with the photos of designs - I do love to see the thought process.

And I wish I could illustrate like this; my art background is not fit for tidy little line drawings....

Must invest in some tria pens, I think. Yesyes.

your english is good

Oh hai, another featured designer from this post. Huh.

So, turns out a bunch of those featured were recent graduates; which is always gooood.

Phoebe English is a knitwear designer from CSM (where else?) based on gothic, hand-illustrated novel Gormengast, and the crazy-intricate pieces were created using an 18th century lacemaking technique...

Jaw-dropping intricacy, non?

Closer look?

The draped and harnessed skirt sticks out against the collection's woven details, but it's probably my favourite piece...

Although I will add, the fashion156 shoots picture shows them at the best, IMO, with the awesome feather headpieces, the clothes, the models, and the shoes (also by Phoebe) coming together in the simplest but most striking way.

All images from from catwalking and fashion156.