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Asian Purl.(Sacai label)(Brief article)
Byline: MARK HOLGATE editor: Sally Singer
Cult Japanese knitwear label Sacai spins some intriguingly beautiful yarns.
Chitose Abe, the designer behind Sacai, isn't given to nostalgia. She has delved into the past for a design reference or two--Victorian pointelle here, twenties argyle there--but really, she is pretty relentless in keeping those knitting needles pointing forward. "I ask myself," says the Tokyo-based Abe, "'What do I want Sacai to be in ten years' time? In 20 years?'" It's likely she'll be doing exactly the same as she is now; that is, sweater dressing that defies the very description. In a season when there are more creative approaches to knitwear than stitches in a chunky cable sweater, Abe is unique in treating wool knit like any other fabric, draping it and then taking the idea further by mixing it with different materials.
That's evident from her fall collection, in which Empire ...
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