The Host

Side view of Stoll generated cable, pointelle, and cuffed detailing on knitted pants with a drawstring waistband, worn with a fully fashioned, fringed, hand-dyed and carded wool cape. Cape fades from gray to cream with hand-spun cream and brown fringe along with boucle yarn.

Close-up of barnacle drawstring pants with fully fashioned, fringed, hand-dyed, felted-wool cape

Front view of gray, Stoll-generated knit, barnacle cuffed pants with slate traveling cables and wool tank top. Gradient wool felted, hand-dyed, and fringed cape worn on top.

Drawstring pant with traveling cables and needles out of action. Felted and fringed cape.

Close-up of two models wearing both looks. At left, model wears the spiky hand-knit, beaded, felted minidress with tri-layered, skeletal, felted-wool stole that was cut and molded to form. Stole fringe is made of boucle and hand-spun sheep hair. It has a cord tie closure. At right, the model wears slate-gray wool tank top with vertical cable pattern. Over her shoulders, model wears a gray and cream, fringed, gradient cape.

Handknit spiky mini dress with fringed skeletal stole. Creeping cables and felted gradient cape.

Model wears spiky gray mini dress with a tri-layered, cream, felted-wool, fringed stole with I-cord tie closure across the chest.

Spiky gray minidress: knit, felted, and dyed by hand. Tri-layered, felted, fringed stole.

Close up of spiky hand knit mini dress with sleeve shot of fringe and beading detail as it creeps up the sleeve. Tri-layered felted and fringed skeletal stole draped on top and fringe cascades down.

Close up of spiky hand knit mini dress with felted and beading detail and layered fringed stole.

In a world where rampant waste and overconsumption prevail, I envision a future in which we may evolve through symbiotic or parasitic relationships that facilitate essential genetic adaptations. "The Host" is a knitwear collection inspired by these themes. It interprets them through generally simple silhouettes, enhanced with trims, appliqués, and innovative fiber development, resulting in a more raw form of expression.

Credits

Photographer: Yilei Qian
Model: Abigail Black, Madison Lee

Madison Lee

Oakland, California

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