Clare Tough's Slinky Yet Soulful Knits
Fashion Wire Daily - September 21 2006
One of the few unfortunate side effects of Britain joining the European Union three decades ago was the gradual eclipse of UK knitters by their more sophisticated and stylish Italian competitors. This is why it was such a pleasure to catch the runway show of Clare Tough on Wednesday, September 20th, whose collection marked her as a creative knitwear designer with real promise.Inspired by Pacific Island imagery, Tough presented an extremely well crafted series of great looking hooded cardigans, crocheted tops and a cabled bustier.
Tough has a sure hand when it came to jazzing up knits, inserting back panels of fine silk or chopping it into revealing cut outs. Things were racy but tasteful, slinky yet soulful. [more]
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