SARAH LEVINGS

The Woman Within stemmed from my love of the British capital London. I’m obsessed with its manic pace and everyone in it. How, there is always something going on. I guess this has something to do with living in the countryside, miles away from any towns.

Echoing the fasted paced city I began blurring and pixelating pictures I had taken of it. It was from these images that I found my colour combination and first inspiration for knits. The colour blocking made me think about strong graphic patterns.

I wanted to focus on the women within the city so inspired by my pixelated prints I centered my thoughts around women in the work place re-creating checks, pinstripes and pleats within knit. Focusing on these however made me loose the idea of the strong colour blocking I was looking for from my knits. I started deconstructing the graphics within checks and using the same techniques to create bold, block sections of colour.

Taking inspiration from Azzedine Alaia and how material is manipulated to enhance or alter the shape of the female form. I used the positioning of structures within the knits to shape my garments as well as an addition of stripes of lycra. Different yarn qualities like mohair and silk to also adjust the shapes formed within the knits. Few colours, even single colours where used in my garments to keep the focus solely on the textures and shapes within the knits.