This piece from the Mark Fast A/W 2011 collection is incredible - I think it's very innovative in the way it uses flat knit panels to create a deep and mutable silhouette. So many things go through my mind when I look at this sweater - clothing as protection (armor), Newton's third law (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction), how flat pattern drafting results in a 3-dimensional garment... I think I'm most fascinated with the interaction between the panels and how that influences the surface of the garment. Obviously with every piece of clothing there is a relationship between the body's movement and the movement of the fabric, but Mark Fast illustrates this relationship in a comprehensive and unique way . Instead of just having creases form in the crook of a bent elbow as you would experience with a flat material, this garment also shows the resulting expansion of the material along the outer bend of the elbow.
I'm not really sure why I find this so worthy of recognition; possibly because I think it is a good representation of how interconnected everything (and I mean everything) is; or that it shows how something is more valuable as a whole than the sum of its parts, or it could just remind me of my childhood dreams of having a suit made of corrugated duct like a robot.
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