Justice McNeil of Thread and Sprout creates illustrative clothing using the appliqué technique.
Justice McNeil of Thread and Sprout creates illustrative clothing using the appliqué technique.
I’ve got a quick note of house-keeping: I’m phasing out my 7 illustrated product obsessions. You’ll probably see them every so often in the future, but now I’m going to dedicate Fridays to individual shops. It’ll still be an illustrated product-related…
Sofia Salazar focuses her embroideries on faces. The UK-based textile designer incorporates minimalist, large-scale portraits onto clothing, reminiscent in drawing style to Matisse. Though these hand-crafted stitches could easily serve as wall hangings, Sofia tells La Femme Collective that it’s…
Artists (and sisters!) Celina and Maja Debowska create scarves with a playful twist—their felted wool designs look like birds. Inspired by the “amazing swan dresses Björk had worn to the Oscars and on her Vespertine tour,” layers of the creatures’ feathers…
As summer approaches, I am loving one of its most prevailing trends—the off-the-shoulder shirt and dresses. Creating one of my favorite iterations of this style is Thief & Bandit, a line of clothing (among other things) that prints and sews garments in their…
Ever thought about adding florals to your daily stretches? Illustrator and textile designer Caitlin Shearer has, as evidenced in her series Reproduction. The soft, airy images feature a woman as she poses with uncolored blooms. Simultaneously surreal, beautiful, and strange, the series…
Kaori Seno is a Japanese illustrator who creates delightful paintings of clothing that I wish I owned. There’s intricate lacework, strange patterns, and fancy bird brooches woven within the flattened, stylized views. Note that there’s no one wearing these clothes, a fact that’s…
I’m not a flashy dresser, but I admire people who are. And, since illustration can take many, many forms, I’ve marveled over the details on the Valentino Resort 2015 line. It’s dreamy, with these amazing embroidered details like monkeys and…