About Me
Hello! I am Ana Laura, a fashion design student from IED Milano
Through my studies in fashion design, my connection and interest in the art of creating garments has deepened and evolved into not only a concern in clothing, but in art, culture, and more intrinsically, the self. I have become enthralled in the world of knitwear because of its natural and tactile qualities, rendering it very special to me.
I aim to explore the technique of knitwear through my eccentric, dark, and playful aesthetic to honor the life and versatility of wool. In my thesis collection, made in collaboration with my colleague Cecilia Marcedas Ruppert, we created garments using hand knitting, machine knitting, and crochet that creates a dialogue between a tactile visual product and the innate primal repressions of our subconscious by introducing it to the world of the horrific and fantastical. In my work it is very important to stay conscious of the materials used and create items that can be repurposed.
INSPIRATION
The House is Vile was born out of the love of knitwear craftsmanship
The worlds of fantasy and horror are the spaces where the truth and reality are told in the most delusional, exaggerated, and aggressive ways. The collection is an ode to the handmade practice of knitwear through a skewed lens of dark fantasy and exaggeration. Knitwear, as delicate as it is, as soft and tender and malleable, holds in its memory a tangible cycle of tension.
Beginning as a fiber harvested from animals turned into loops and knots by a manual dance, knitting becomes a practice of movement and stretching that deserves to be turned from its domestic connotations into a practice of deformation, of disgust. The body becomes a vessel to showcase a macabre dance of fibers and yarns that come together and become one with the wearer, sharing a textured and evil energy.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Evocative Moodboard
Color Moodboard
Abstract
Artbook
Mask Development
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketches
Sketches
The House is Vile FW23 Runway Show
The House is Vile FW23 Runway Show
The House is Vile FW23 Runway Show
Mohair Striped Dress
Mohair Striped Dress and Handknit Dress
Tube Jumper and Nipple Jumper
Lookbook
Garment Details
Poncho Details
Poncho Technical Drawing
DETAIL
Honoring the cyclicality of wool in our designs
All the materials from yarns, textiles, buttons and accessories are sourced second hand and are manipulated in ways that they can continue to live cyclically in our environment and not contribute to any additional production. Our process of creating begins from the materials themselves rather than from predetermined designs. This way we are able to take whatever we can get our hands on and figure out a way to give them a new life. The Wool Tartan and Handknit Poncho was created using wool fabrics cut from previously existing blazers found in markets we frequent in Milan. Additionally, the yarns as well as the sheepskin were sourced from second hand shops and the buttons are made from ethically sourced deer antlers cut and sent to us by a close family member. Understanding the traceability of our garments, as well as understanding the longevity of the clothes we make is very important to our creative process.
There is nothing like the abjection of self to show that all ab- jection is in fact recognition of the want on which any being, meaning, language, or desire is founded- Julia Kristeva
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