Hot knitters on the radar! Designers around the world who are making knitwear cool
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Hot knitters on the radar! Designers around the world who are making knitwear coolBy Elizabeth Paton and Jessica Testa, New York Times
Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 04:16 PM IST
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Synopsis
As glimpses of normal life return, each designer is forging a slightly different path through a destabilized fashion industry.
The knits offer both comfort and opportunities for self-expression in isolation. (Brands from left to right: Kepler, Rui, Hope Macauley, MaXhosa Africa)
In a dismally distant year, a wave of exuberant designers emerged, shaking up traditional knitwear with new ways of thinking about colors, shape and technique. Their knits offered both comfort and opportunities for self-expression in isolation. As glimpses of normal life return, each designer is forging a slightly different path through a destabilized fashion industry.
No more chipped mugs from the back of the cupboard – gift a stylishly simple espresso cup set from Royal Doulton. The delicate porcelain cups come in a set of four neutral tones. There are matching flat white or cappuccino cups, too, so you can pick your perfect coffee style.
This timeless Smeg milk frother would make a great addition to a coffee lover’s kitchen counter. Judged to be BBC Good Food’s best milk frother, this works on both hot or cold milk, for that barista-style finishing touch to coffees or hot chocolates at home.
Can’t decide what to buy? Choose a hamper with it all – this simple Whittard coffee gift box comes with a pack of citrussy San Agustin Colombia coffee, a double-walled glass coffee mug and brew stick with a filter basket. Everything you need to brew the perfect coffee every time.
The Italian artist Marco Brambilla the mind behind projects like Marina Abramovic’s opera,
Seven Deaths of Maria Callas, and the video installation
The Four Temperaments featuring Cate Blanchett has engulfed Hudson Yards with a captivating preview of his forthcoming work
Heaven’s Gate (2021). Fragments of the work, a satirical and hallucinogenic critique on Hollywood and the cult of celebrity, are being shown on 65 colossal screens across the public square and gardens, as well as inside the shops.
The full augmented reality (AR) work will be exhibited at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (Pamm) starting 17 June and remain on view until 2022. The museum iteration will feature a totem-like arrangement of screens showing visually disorienting snippets of looping film that traverse through several haunting and surreal landscapes.
MATCHESFASHION is launching an interactive audio guide to Frieze New York that highlights artists at the fair as well as NYC institutions to visit, which can be downloaded onsite and digitally on Frieze.com. The guide will feature Kimberly Drew, Dana Lok and Jenny Schlenzka and Antwaun Sargent, the latter of whom is the subject of MATCHESFASHION s latest Curated By franchise where he ll star in a walking tour of New York to provide a personal insight into the city s cultural world. Fine art photographer is also hosting a podcast that launches May 7 at MATCHESFASHION.com.
Maison Margiela s Art Installation by Marco Brambilla