r4bbit.teeth

"quiet as a lamb, still as a doll" r4bbit.teeth fw2024, featured in Vogue NYFW debuts to watch.

For this current collection, FW2024, I was fixated on antique toys: porcelain dolls, rag dolls, and the uncanny faces of the Rushton rabbit plush. I wanted to create garments and accessories that looked doll-like, accompanied by cute, yet creepy plush bunnies.

The felted illustrations are done in a way to mimic painting, to feel almost like a serene pastoral scene that is hanging in a child’s bedroom.

The cable knit cardigan is called the “intestine cardigan”, since the twisting, overlapping cables are reminiscent of entrails. The large mother of pearl buttons add a graphic look to the piece, nodding back to the doll inspiration.

For the making process, I find that the color palette is most important. For this collection, the colors are a dark cherry red, a dark almost-blue purple reminiscent of black pearls, and a creamy, antique white. Colors that would both contrast and compliment by heavy usage of black. All the sweaters are hand knit by myself, made from natural fibers such as merino wool, mohair, silk, alpaca, etc., sourced from small businesses in NYC.
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My biggest inspirations: Artist Takato Yamamoto, gothic lolita fashion, trail cam footage, artist Lisa Black, America McGee’s Alice, and J-RPG horror games.