talks about the landmark collections, materials, colours, silhouettes by a Swedish knitwear designer Sandra Backlund

1. SANDRA BACKLUND
K N I T W E A R

2. INTRODUCTION
Sandra Backlund is a Swedish fashion designer specialising in sculptural
knitwear.
Backlund set up her own eponymous label in 2004.
Collaborated with Louis Vuitton (A/W 2007) and Emilio Pucci (A/W
2009) on
several knitwear pieces for their collections.
In 2010 Backlund launched her first solo collection

3. AESTHETICS
Backlund’s design aesthetic is sculptural,
architectural and
dynamic.
Striving to exaggerate and accentuate
the female form
fluctuates proportions, producing
designs that are simultenously sci-fi
and warm.

4. MATERIAL &
COLOURS
Works with heavy wool,
paper, soft wood, human hair
and more recently 100%
copper wire.
Backlund has manged to
transform the very meaning of
knitwear into a piece of
sculpture, a piece of moving
art.
her colour palette is often
neutral using solid beige,
browns, grey, maroon and

5. SILHOUETTES
Likes to “consciously
dress and undress
parts of the body” in
an effort to “highlight,
distort, and transform
the natural silhouette
with clothes and
accessories,”

6. LANDMARK
COLLECTIONS

7. BODY SKIN & HAIR
This collection highlights the proportions
of the body and flesh colored tones, and
actual human hair.

8. INK BLOT TEST
The collection is based on the patterns
used in the Rorschach inkblot test.
Collection won the Grand prix at the
Festival International de Mode et de
Photographie à Hyères.
(A/W 2007)

9. LAST BREATH
BRUISES
(A/W 2008)
Inspired by the colour
spectrum of bruises
“This collection came
together during my process
of grieving.”
-Backlund
“I don’t sketch my ideas.
Everything I make is by
hand, and I invent the
pieces as I am making
them.

10. DIAMOND CUT
DIAMOND
(A/W 2006)
“I think I work with
design as a form of
therapy. When others
write poems to deal
with themselves,
I do fashion”.

11. PERFECT HURTS

12. CONTROL-C
Collaboration with Maglificio Miles
(A/W 2009-10)
Maglificio also collaborated
with other iconic designers like
Azzedine Alaïa, Sonia Rykiel
and more recently, Lanvin.
The results of the collaboration
were on display at White Club
First collection to be recreated
on machines with four all black
samples.

13. S/S 11
Sandra Backlund
mixed openwork
crochet, lightweight
knitting and metal
yarns creating designs
that transform and
highlight the contours
of the human body.
100%
copper yarn

14. REFERENCES
www.sandrabacklund.com
www.vogue.it
www.dazeddigital.com
www.forwardcouncil.com Avijit Gill, KD-4