Ready to Wear Fashion Week brings for me the reliable delight of Ralph Lauren's show, which reminds me that I can always marshall the wools in my life to look a little more put together, if not as costumey as his beautiful whippet girls. The year, Ralph is clearly inspired by all of our Downton Abbey watching, and the first third of the show has a lot of knitting happiness peeking out from under the houndstooth. The entire slide show is here. The evening dresses aren't half bad either.
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But really, my heart belongs to the fair isle vests. Doesn't this just make you want to run to your copy of Mary Jane Mucklestone's 200 Fair Isle Motifs?
And oh, and those argyles! Orange and baby blue diamonds with navy, and red diagonals? It's been awhile since I knit argyles, but perhaps it's time.
You're right. It makes me want to drop everything, go find my 3.0mm needles, and cast on a fair-isle pullover vest with fingering weight yarn :) And I'm not being sarcastic! lol
Posted by: Cambria Washington | February 18, 2012 at 02:56 PM
I've always loved R. Lauren -- if only I could afford to buy his beautiful clothes. And these designs are over the top gorgeous -- love and adore the fair isle and the way he's mixed it with plaids and checks and argyle, etc. I only wish I had the patience to knit fair isle -- just might have to make myself try again ;).
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Posted by: Georganne | February 22, 2012 at 11:19 AM