bonnie prince charlie

"The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746), was the last military clash in mainland Britain, between the forces of the Jacobites (headed up by Bonnie Prince Charlie) and the British Army. It ended the 1745 Jacobite Rising, and was a massive defeat for the Jacobites".
[Wikipedia]

Alexander McQueen drew on the fashions and military uniform details from this pivotal moment in history for his most recent ready to wear collection.

The collection naturally also featured a lot of knitwear, including the cabled stockings shown here.

Since this is supposed to be a knit blog, I'll point you to a few knitwear highlights:

- an ivory-colored cabled bolero

- a wide-collared grey sweater coat and a similar sweater folded and wrapped into a jacket

- a tartan top layered with knit sleeves

I don't doubt that this collection will prove to be useful fodder for the knitting patterns that show up in next winter's magazines.

Various and Sundry Links - March 5 2006

- I've had a terrible cold for the past week, so it was interesting to see a microscopic view of what mucus looks like. Yum!

- Kate finds the best knit bags. I must recreate this one for myself.

- I hate American Airlines. We had a shockingly rude flight attendant on our way back from Nagoya last year. At least we didn't have an experience like this poor fellow.

- The Fashion Piracy Paradox

- A Sweet and Tender Terrorist

- Yeah, I'm a dork. That's why I think this origami Nazgul is really cool. [via]

- Stitchcraft airs today on Oxygen. It should be interesting -- even for you Lily Chin haters out there. Here are some details from The Hook and I:

The show is billed as a rare behind-the-scenes look at how knitting is used in the fashion industry. “You’ll see how Oscar de la Renta designs his knitwear line.” She says. And she says we’ll watch Adina Klein of Vogue put together a photo shoot. “The show is not about me. I’ll introduce the segments and talk a bit between stories.” Lily says the first show will also include a profile of one of my favorite designers, James Coviello.

Comments

[carrie m]

i just checked and i actually get oxygen! worth checking out, i think. that purple purse is really nifty.

[gleek]

i love those steve mcqueen designs you pointed out. i would be into knitting something like them.

that AA story just kills me. i hate AA. they are the worst airline i've ever flown on.

[Oiyi]

The origami Nazgul is awesome! I wish I could make one.

[Janet]

OMG! You're sick too?! I'm so sorry! So you need to rest as well. ;-)

The Nazgul is awesome. You always share the coolest links!

[Marisa]

Thanks again for the entertaining and informative links.
Hope you feel better soon. :-)

[kate]

woah. that mcQ collection is mindblowing. esp the HATS. gotta be philip treacy. and those knee socks are the best i've seen since eunny jang set off the norwegian stocking craze. but that isolated leg shot is a little weird, isn't it? kind of like the lamp in "a christmas story."

oh yeah, thanks for the link! : ) hope you feel better.

[kate]

i just checked out that oxygen stitchcraft link...DAMN. i missed the show and it looks like they're not necessarily airing more. did you get to see it?

[Hugh MacLeod]

a. mcqueen apprenticed at anderson & sheppard: trivia.