'Handicrafts were seen as a way to combat anxieties about technology.' In fashion, that's even more true today
Techniques like crochet, all the rage in the 1960s fashion, are back in a big way in recent designs—and people are willing to pay big for themWHEN DESIGNER Christopher Kane opened his fall 2011 show with a granny-square-crocheted ensemble, he was an outlier. Also, a harbinger.
Eight years later, crochet projects are proliferating on Instagram, “yarn bombing”—a wool-based form of street graffiti—is a thing, and handicrafting helped define the spring collections. At European houses like Christian Dior and Loewe and American brands like Altuzarra and Ulla Johnson, techniques like crochet, macramé and knitting were dominant themes.
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