Erin Considine’s new spring collection is just as good as I’d hoped it would be. I love the way she mixes fibers and metals, all the weaving and the organic shapes. There’s a good bit of 1970s hippie craft in her work, which I love, of course.
Erin Considine S/S ’13
Simcoe
When Tara-Lynn sent me a Good Night, Day pattern book and kit for the Simcoe headband I put down what I was knitting (another one of her patterns) and started it right away. A few Greer Garson movies later (and a Youtube knitting tutorial or two—my cabling’s rusty) I was done. And I love it. I love the big cables and the big yarn, and I especially love the colors in it.
It’s been cold here—the first day I wore the Simcoe out it actually snowed, which just about never happens in Atlanta during the early spring. The only thing this weather is good for is knitting. I just need to buy some bulky yarn so I can knit up some other Good Night, Day patterns I’ve been wanting to make for a while: the Welland Sweater, the Jarvis toque, the Windsor Turban . . . Tara-Lynn’s been a big knitting inspiration to me ever since the Wardrobe Remix days, so I’ve loved reading her patterns and learning some of her methods. And I like having lots of good projects to knit over the very cold, very rainy, but very exciting Easter weekend ahead.
Pretend Outfits for a Trip Out West
1. Madewell Silk Cami . . . . . . . 2. Apiece Apart Maren Fan Shorts . . . . . . 3. Dream Collective Eye Dazzler Cuff . . . . . . 4. Seavees Bayside Sandal.
1. No. 6 Button Back Dress . . . . . . 2. Re-elle Rahi Pendant . . . . . . 3. No. 6 Three Strap Clog.
1. Raquel Allegra Shred Print Silk Dress . . . . . . . 2. Lisa Rennell Drawstring Vegan Purse . . . . . . 3. A Detacher Coync Knotted T-strap Sandal.
1.Rachel Comey Bikini . . . . . 2. Kindle Paperwhite (cheating, because I already got one, but I’m obsessed. I want to read it smugly by the pool like they do in annoying Kindle commercials.) . . . . . . 3. Beklina Oversized Basket Bag. . . . . Collages by Drew.
Feral Childe S/S ’13
Sustainable label Feral Childe’s new collection The Searchers was inspired by American classics like My Ántonia and The Grapes of Wrath, by the idea of both taking care of the land and being sustained by it. The label’s designers went through the Library of Congress archives of 1930s Farm Security Administration photos, of the Dust Bowl and its effects upon the landscape. The result is a simple, wearable collection; it’s modern and the inspirations aren’t taken too literally. Still, I think I can see a few nods to the ’30s in some of the dress shapes and lengths. And that grey homespun-type fabric above is very Willa Cather on the Nebraska prairie.
