Arts Thread

Hybrids forms of dressing is inspired by the emotional connection we have with the clothes we wear. Beautiful memories embedded in the fibers of an old coat, a washed out collar on a shirt or the soft swirling sound of a skirt. Celebrating the touch of the hand on the textile by expressing the soft pilling on a wool sweater or the rigid structure of a denim. For this collection I created 2D jacquard woven textiles that hold the possibility to be worn as 3D garments, meaning that all garments are woven in one piece without any sewing. Draped and folded onto the body, these whole-garment woven textiles urge the viewer to rethink the interdependent relationship between a textile and a garment. For example, colour gradients that look like a worn-out effect have been woven into the textile, but also the labelling, stitch details, sideseams, collars, sleeves and pockets have been woven directly into the textile. Expressing elements from my own wardrobe with garment archetypes such as jeans, the knitted sweater or a blazer in hybrid forms of dressing. The yarns I used are mostly linen and wool and a mix of deadstock yarns from the Swedish textile industry such as linen from the damast weaving mill Klässbols and tufting wool that is normally used for rugs from interior design company Kasthall. Besides that, I also used Swedish wool that has been carefully collected at farms around Sweden and washed and processed in Gotland. Proposing a new and holistic way of designing and producing textiles and garments locally.