Peruvian Connection has long been committed to making exceptional original design clothing based on artisan textile traditions. In creating this blog, we hope to encourage a community of textile enthusiasts and to provide a forum for their shared discoveries, ideas and commentary. Artists, individualists, romantics and visionaries, we hope you’ll join in.
Spring 2009 Fashion Week
New York - September 5-12
London - September 14-19
Milan - September 20-28
Paris - September 30- October 8
Los Angeles International Textile Show
(Celebrating 15 Years of Design Inspiration)
Autumn/Winter 2009 - October 27-29
Spring/Summer 2010 - March 31 - April 2, 2009
Autumn/Winter 2010 - October 13-15, 2009
In our new Summer collection, we feature innovative knits, exciting new prints, fresh fiber choices and fashion-forward designs. One of the designs I find particularly creative is our Element Tunic. Fine-gauge jersey knit of Peruvian pima cotton, this chic design is not only fun and slimming but also hides a cutting-edge sleeve treatment that makes this seemingly classic shape an unorthodox choice.
As you can see in the illustration above, on the wearers right side the design features a raglan sleeve construction with wide sleeve opening. On the left side is an angled seam with dolman sleeve characteristics and a narrow notched opening. The sleeves appear to be the same length when worn but this asymmetric silhouette captures the contemporary new-wave of pattern-making found in European and Asian boutiques without taking it too far outside the average persons comfort zone. The effect is so subtle that most do not notice it but you will certainly feel progressive energy when you wear it.
P.S. Also available in Petite!
Now that the cool winds of Autumn are upon us, it's time for me to put away my warm weather madras plaid and bring out my wooly tartan plaids. Plaid has long been a staple in this Scottish household (Lochsloy!) and while my devotion to our lineage is earnest, my clan colors are not always (how shall I say this?) fashionably relevant.
Fortunately, I have found the answer. I can begin my transitional season dressing with our Plaid Overall Dress. Unlike my own clan tartan, this plaid is a subtle blend of menswear hues made from our exclusive lightweight alpaca/wool blend fabric. This design makes me feel like Meg Ryan in "You've Got Mail" walking around New York with an optimistic school-girl sophistication. Perhaps it is the fondness for of all-things Autumn but it could be the simple nostalgia for plaid, bringing back the memories of parochial jumpers and our carefree days of youth.
If you are ready to tap into the sentimental nature of plaid then take a look at these designs:
I cannot explain why I am so obsessed with the mystery. Nor can I justify my time spent in the relentless search. However, the question still remains.....what is the flower depicted on our Exotica Skirt?
I spoke with the designer and she told me that it was inspired by a flower in a large 18th century French textile (see above). She did not know the exact botanical species except to offer that it looked tropical.
I searched hundreds of images on the internet to no avail. I contacted a retired horticulturist who also could not identify it. However, he did drop a heavy encyclopedia of tropical flowers on my desk. (insert thud)
Many blurry pages later I can only conclude that the flower must be an artist hybrid. A stylized combination of blooms. Perhaps a Water Lily combined with the flower of a Floss Silk Tree or a tropical Dahlia mixed with the pedals of an Iris.
I now pose the question to you, our blog audience. What do you think our exotic flower could be?
More flower themed knit skirts:
