Great Scott

With embroidery on clothing it's very easy to immediately think of poorly dressed art teachers - all patchwork and frizzy hair. It's true, it is difficult to take it out of it's very traditional context and for designers to not be tempted to put it on big A line skirts, which seems to be the setting for most embroidery. However, it's good to see a Scot moving the technique forward and really playing with this traditional artisan technique.

Scott Ramsay Kyle, a Glasgow School of Art and Central St Martins graduate, has pushed the boundaries when it comes to mixing traditional and modern in his AW08 collection, Untitled.

His clothes are reminiscent of 3D collages with flowers, feathers, fringes and fabric baubles all exploding from garments in a celebration of colour and texture.

The visible stitching, exaggerated silhouettes and clashing palette all serve to displace opinions that embroidery and 'arts and crafts' in fashion can look dated and studenty - all critisms I have heard many times before by the fashion pundits. Instead, Kyle plays with idea of bringing clothes to life by way of movement and interaction - let's be honest, you couldn't not interact with a dress which has so many things coming out of it!

Scott Ramsay Kyle is a breathe of fresh air in my opinion and I look forward to seeing his inevitable progress through the fashion landscape.

Queen Michelle

Comments

[vintage clothes]

Wow these are ace! i particuly like the white dress with embroidery all over the fron with the catwalk pic aswell and the 2nd jacket, love the style with the big pointed collar and big hips. Hes got this 1 right that some people get horribly wrong, cant wait to see the rest of his designs!

[WendyB]

Beautiful work.

[Cherryred]

That fringed dress is blissful!
Beautiful.

[Make Do & Mend]

Lovely colours and fantastic use of embroidery, good cutting to boot.

[Martini]

Ahoy from across the pond. I've been following you ladies for a few months now. Just wanted to say that like my coffee, I can't start my day without you. Keep up the good work.

[Sal]

Love those colors and textures!

[enc]

I like these. Just eccentric enough without taking it too far. The colors are really great.

[Susanne]

Oh, very nice and colourful.

[Gemma]

I LOVE the pale pink T-shirt dress! Its nice to see something so original and not a imitation of already successful designers.
And thankgod Britain has come up with him!

[Top Bird]

I must confess that I'm a fan of clever embroidery, and these pieces are amazing. Have you seen the embroidery work by artist Megan Whitmarsh? Check it out here: http://www.tinyindustries.com/

xx

[KD]

Where do you find such amazing designers?