BODE WELL / SELVEDGE Nº 93
«American menswear designer Emily Adams Bode is receiving much attention for her use of antique textiles where the feminine and the masculine are harmoniously blended. Fashion, and especially menswear, is witnessing a revolution in which materials and classic styles are key.» El número 93 de la revista Selvedge ya se encuentra en la biblioteca. Como...
Loopin the loop. Selvedge: The fabric of your life
Revista Selvedge. Autum-Winter 2014-2015, pag.47. «A horrific sight greets me. The shelves are half empty, yam is strewn all over the place and the gentel dignity of the haberdashery departent has been destroyed. That description of a visit to the knitting department of John Lewis, the department store in London, was written almost tenyears ago...
NUEVAS REVISTAS JULIO/AGOSTO 2014
Selvedge, nº 59. Julio/Agosto 2014 Consulta aquí el sumario Icandela, nº 13 Consulta aquí el sumario Mondo, nº 79 Junio/Julio 2014 Consulta aquí el sumario ¡Encuéntralas en la biblioteca!
ALTERNATIVE DIMENSION / SELVEDGE
Marie O’Mahony examines Iris van Harpen’s modern approach to materials. In the early 1990 Japanese textile designers led the way in combining traditional craft techniques with new technologies. Designers like Junichi Arai and Reiko Sudo were heat treating polyester to create Shibori-inspired three dimensional surfaces as well as using scraps of fabric with solvent, with...
COMING UNDONE / SELVEDGE
Making Fashion by Not Making Fashion: The «Un-ness» Of Rei Sawakubo. Selvedge magazine, nº 56, enero-febrero 2014. Consulta aquí el sumario. Encuentra esta revista en la biblioteca. http://www.selvedge.org
WE THREE KINGS / SELVEDGE. THE FABRIC OF YOUR LIFE
The journey of Zoroastrianism told through textiles. Selvedge magazine, nº 55, Nov/Dec 2013, pag. 36. Selvedge magazine, nº 55, Nov/Dec 2013. Consulta aquí el sumario. ¡Encuentra esta revista en la biblioteca!
THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM / SELVEDGE SEP-OCT 2013
Selvedge magazine, nº 54, Sep/Oct 2013, pag. 13. «On the one hand, Momo Wang designs covetable folk-inspired modern clothing, incorporating applique, re-embroidery, and an often astonishing juxtaposition of texture. On the other hand, she will not be reproducing her works for sale, having made just twelve «one-off» looks for her capsule collection, The Third Hand....
STYLE BIBLE. The Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People.
«My style talks about the colours. For me, the world of tomorrow will be built around the colours. Someone who uses colour is a proud man. He don’t like violence. Because La sape (Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elégantes) is for peace in the world.» Selvedge Magazine nº 45, Mar/Apr 2012, pag. 50. http://www.selvedge.org/...
SEWING FOR SURVIVAL. Astounding human ingenuity. (Selvedge Jan/Feb 2012)
«Clothing is critical to Inuit life and an extensive vocabulary differentiates stylistic details and places of origin. (…) Parts of the animal are strategically placed at points where the body requires protection; supple, flexible parts are placed where the body requires softness and greater mobility.» April and Ben Akeeagok Ajittuug, June 1996. Selvedge nº 44,...
DEATH BY DESIGN
PHIL THOMAS UNCOVERS CRIME MYSTERIES Design is a dangerous business. Freelance contracts, arguments over intellectual property rights and the flickle nature of trends do not make for a stable working environment. But perhaps even more worrying is the large number of prominent industry figures -many of whom operated at the fashion end of the design...
SELVEDGE. British Summer Time
«This issue we embrace the reality of the summer rather than the fantasy. We celebrate blue, the cornflower blue of the sky and the deep indigo ocean. We find out at how people have protected themselves in the latter, Bathing beauties, pg 42, looks at the appeal of rubber bathing caps, and A waterman’s tale,...