FIT Future of Fashion 2024

Finding Avalon

Two young women, sitting on a rock in the forest. One wearing a crimson chunky pullover, a chainmail shirt, and a patterned skirt. The second girl wears a gray drop-stitch dress with mossy green spirals, scarlet patterned jacquard half leggings, and calf-height gray socks.

The collection begins: Fully fashioned looks inspired by Celtic mysticism and the magic of nature.

Young woman in the forest. She is wearing a princess, puff-sleeve dress, with lace drop-stitches and hand appliquéd swirls. This dress has a light gray body with swirls and patterns in varying shades of gray. The dress is worn with scarlet jacquard capri leggings that feature a green Celtic motif at the hem. She also wears variegated gray wool socks with a green stripe at the top.

Celtic lace-appliqué dress with puff sleeves, worn over jacquard half-legging, with wool socks.

Young woman in the forest. She is wearing a cinnamon-colored, cropped, chunky-knit turtleneck sweater. This sweater features hand-applied Celtic braids down the center, around the hem, and along the shoulder seams. Under the sweater, she wears a dark-gray chainmail lace top. She also wears a gray and green, 3D-pleated skirt, featuring a Celtic jacquard pattern.

Cinnamon, cropped, cable-appliqué pullover; chainmail-lace top; and pleated, Celtic, jacquard skirt.

Two young women in a forest. One sits on a tree stump; the other stands on a tree stump. The girl sitting wears gray-and-green wool socks, cinnamon-colored, Celtic, knit capris, and a gray mossy-stone-inspired dress. The dress features drop-stitch details, as well as nature-inspired hand-stitched, hand-applied green motifs. The standing model wears a cinnamon, chunky, oversized, cropped turtleneck sweater. This turtleneck sweater features hand-applied Celtic braids. Under the sweater, she wears

The chunky turtleneck features hand-applied, eight-strand braids to create cable details.

Two young women in a forest, sitting on rocks. One wears a gray princess-sleeve dress with green spirals and braids all over the dress. She also wears scarlet half-leggings with a Celtic jacquard detail at the hem. She also is wearing gray-and-green socks. The other model is wearing an oversized, cropped, scarlet, chunky-knit turtleneck sweater. Under, she wears a dark gry chainmail-lace long-sleeve shirt. She also wears a pleated skirt, with a gray-and-green Celtic pattern all over.

The gray princess dress features drop-stitch details, as well as hand-applied braids and swirls.

Morgana, Morgan Le Fay, Morgan of the Fairies—historically seen as a dark and powerful figure—embodies the resilience of the natural world: solid earth, fire, and the enduring strength of ancient magic. She represents a mystical mortality, rooted in the earth, defending the old ways of Celtic Britain. In this collection, I tried to capture the tangibility of earth. Through braids and patterns, I evoke ancient carvings and Celtic symbolism, reflecting deep tradition and magic.

Credits

Model: Oceane Dory, Zoe Zimsek

Molly Van Breemen

Molly Van Breemen

Denver, Colorado

Knitwear

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