FASHION AS ART Archives

A Suspended Christmas

December 5, 2018April 27, 2019 Alex3 Comments

featuring SELFISH MOTHER and Save the Children

If you do not live in the United Kingdom, then grab a seat! This post requires an explanation.

A Christmas jumper is ‘a top pulled over the head to cover the torso, themed with a Christmas or winter-style design.’ Save the Children UK encourage people to wear a Christmas jumper on a specific day in December (it’s the 14th this year) and raise money for the charity. Most people wear Christmas jumpers outside of that one day, during Advent and Christmas.

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Two of a perfect pair

April 10, 2018August 25, 2018 AlexLeave a comment

~featuring Celia Pym

Close your eyes. Imagine a set of twins. One is fair-haired, the other one dark. One cheeky, one serious.

One, an artist. The other, master of stick drawings.

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The Cardigan

March 7, 2018April 3, 2018 Alex1 Comment

featuring BBC Woman’s Hour Craft Prize

I own an eclectic wardrobe. Some of my dresses may even be a century old. Most trousers are winter sales snatches off the high street. My sister buys all my socks. The scarves and bags are from my sister-in-law.

I love mixing and matching and living in an a-temporal fashion gap. I sometimes receive compliments on my clothes… and sometimes I don’t.

One of the most surprising items to ever receive compliments on has been a cardigan. A green-grey, hand knitted, larger than average cardigan that got out of the wardrobe and onto my shoulders through pure luck, one random, chilly Tuesday morning. Continue reading “The Cardigan” →