Feel the Yarn 2015: Dual
Consorzio Promozione Filati and Pitti Immagine, together with the most important Italian yarn industries, launch the 6th edition of Feel the Yarn, the contest dedicated to knitwear designers.
Consorzio Promozione Filati and Pitti Immagine, together with the most important Italian yarn industries, launch the 6th edition of Feel the Yarn, the contest dedicated to knitwear designers.
Last year I just wrote the following post concerning ITS (International Talent Support). This year, I did something more and I went to Trieste myself, in order to take part in the emotion and joy of 40 young designers.
Last Friday at Pitti Filati the award ceremony of this year contest took place: Matilda Norberg, one of the students coming from the Royal College of Art in London, won the competition.
For the fifth year in a raw, Toscana Promozione, Pitti Immagine, Consorzio Promozione Filati and the most important italian yarn producers will promote in 2014 a contest for knitwear designers.
Last Friday was a great day for Feel the Yarn: during Pitti Filati the award ceremony of this year contest took place. As already explained by Ornella Bignami, tutor and coordinator of the project, the theme of the competition was ‘Pull Lovers’.
For this year’s project, each student has designed and produced 2-3 knitted outfits inspired by the theme ‘PULL-LOVERS. A new feeling for knit’, using yarns from one of the participating Italian spinning companies.
What happens when you win a contest? This is the question we should ask to Xiao Li, the winner of the Feel the Yarn contest. Student from the Royal College of Art, Xiao Li is a shy young lady who has been able to put all her creativity and professionalism within the clothes she created.…