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Sandra Backlund
Swedish Knitwear
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Autumn/Winter 10 collection Bucklands first collection to incorporate different fabric into her designs, very successfully.
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Discover Sandra Backlund, a designer who turns k nitted clot hing into a piece of ar t. Most ly fa mous for her t hree-dimensiona l collage k nitting perhaps it wou ld be more appropriate to def ine her as a scu lptor rat her t han a fashion designer. Her desire to discover dif ferent materia ls and techniques as wel l as her passion for qua lit y and tradition ma ke Sandra’s clot hes one of a k ind. Her artistic sk il ls transform k nit wear to unique fascinating fashion items.
“It was of course a big step for me to go from working alone in my studio, inventing pieces while doing them myself by hand, to suddenly be working with a team of experts within a field of fashion that I never before have had the chance to get to know. I was overwhelmed by all the possibilities I saw and even though I will never give up doing my hand knitted signature pieces, I now see how to develop my collections in ways that I never thought was possible.
For the Spring/Summer 2011 collection, the ongoing journey towards a more complete and balanced collection where handmade special pieces can stand side by side to more edited styles in a natural way, continues. As always the startingpoint is the materials and techniques. They help me find the right shapes and silhouettes. The most important for thiscollection is the metal yarn. I have been looking for that for more than six years, and now I finally found one made of 100% copper that is both beautiful and wearable.�
Sandra Backlund