Amy Revier

The Silent Traveller is an ongoing project by Amy Revier honouring literature through textile and clothing creation, a study of the intersection between clothing and literature, exploring how the two operate as parallel forms of travel. Each reader’s suit set is paired with an antiquarian travel memoir, drawing its colour and sensibility from the text. Inspired by Chiang Yee’s memoir ‘The Silent Traveller in the Yorkshire Dales’ (1941), this collection honours the timeless nature of his artistic and literary practice, an homage to the beauty and sensitivity of moving through the world with consideration and care.

Edition VI winter sets in Yorkshire corduroy are made for & available @bluemountainschool

French Handkerchiefs mid 1800's

 

A selection of embroidered French linen handkerchiefs from the early-mid 1800's, just for the stupendous skill and beauty.

Koeum Park

 

Forme D’expression is a fashion label designed by the female Korean designer Koeun Park. She was born in Seoul and studied Haute Couture workmanship at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la mode Parisienne, Paris, before becoming a Master at Instituto Marangoni in Milan in 1998. Koeum lives and works in Perugia, Italy where she started the Forme D’Expression in 2005. 

Koeun is known for her soft tailoring and elegant silhouettes. The meticulous approach to construction, followed by many layers of post-work exemplifies the brand’s philosophy of having the clothing be real. Her women’s and men’s collections are created with a full wardrobe in mind and cater to men and women who appreciate luxury in subtlety. Koeum's pieces hold intricate craftsmanship and attention to detail that brings contemporary style to the forefront. Forme D’expression is a uniquely quiet design structure that gives women and men’s luxury street fashion a subtle breath of fresh air.

Luba Krejci

 

Bobbin-made lace hanging, designed by artist Luba Krejci (1925-2005), Czechoslovakia, (above) from the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. 1982. Below lace portraits Luba used a unique lace technique, "nitak." which enabled her to draw intriguing human and animal interlaced figures in thread.

Kaya

 

It was Burns day at the weekend and these skirts though made out of kimonos reminded me of kilts and Vivian Westwood's tartan punk, recycled splendour, created by Kaya

Bianca Severijns

Bianca Severijns transforms hand-torn paper into intricate vessels, blankets, garments and art works  that echo the rhythms of nature and life. Some pieces resemble nests, while others take the form of grand, wearable furs - protective yet delicate, like quills on an echidna’s back, forming an illusive armour.

For the 2019 Venice Biennial Personal Structures 'Identities', she created a wall installation of protective blankets and a video, symbolising fundamental human rights, security, and freedom.

Examples of traditional Polish Bodice

 

Decorated inside and out this embroidered sleeveless bodice originates from the region of Kraków, Poland. The example above has internal cream fabric embroidered and black fabric external with sequins and beads and embroidered stylised roses and poppies, leaves, and spirals made in chain stitch, flat stitch and 'engraved' rzeźbiony styles. 

Above: A corset from Rzeszów area

Above and below: front and back, Western Krakowiak Folk, Zielonki, P. Kraków, 1928

Above: Western Krakowiak Folk, Kłaj, P. Wieliczka, early 20th c, sequins on black velvet.

Above: Western Krakowiak Folk, Liszki, P. Kraków, ca. 1900 Black wool with red piping, this example has numerous kaletki tabs at the waist. For more examples visit the Ethnographic Museum of Kracków.