Archive for December, 2008
Collaborations: Fred Perry x Anne-Sofie Back
Sunday, December 7th, 2008

I think I might be one of the few that still enjoys the shoulder pad cliché, but this Anne-Sofie Back commission for Fred Perry’s sixth installment of the Blank Canvas series is hard to deny. Great silhouettes.
Back draws her inspiration from products and issues that make her feel uncomfortable. The reverse shoulder pad, a design feature that runs through all of the collection, is a manifestation of that inspiration and is also found in Back’s catwalk collections. The reversed pads in the garments create a sloping shoulder, the opposite of the 80’s fashion cliché of power dressing.
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Guess Who’s Blogging: Fran Allen
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Via Young Blood.
