The collection of chunky wool gloves, sweaters, and hats, obviously hand knitted, confounded notions of high and low fashion and, less overtly but just as meaningfully, drew attention to the fashion industry’s tendency to belittle do-it-yourself techniques. In an increasingly saturated landscape of identically mass-produced objects, these designers find beauty in imperfection and thrive on creating products whose imperfections make them unique.

_{Bless. BLESS N°19 Uncool, Spring/Summer 2003.}