‘I enhance my dress with my skin’ is a
knit-couture lace project by Anne-Grethe Filtenborg. The title reflects the concept in which lace is seen
in its essence of transparency, creating a dialogue between skin and
dress/cell, pixel and stitch, reflecting the eternal fascination and obsession
with skin.
The body of work consists of a series of
delicate dresses and tunics. The essence is to be found in the textile
development; light yet rich in tactility, interacting with graphics and optical
effects. It includes mesh-lace and the designer’s innovation of 3D jacquard
knits in which the graphics become optical, ever changing contrast and color
intensity in accordance to the wearer’s movements as well as the angle from
which perceived. Silhouettes and details are kept minimal and pure, taking
their cue from the textile aspects in terms of drape, floating aspect,
plasticity or sculptural effect. Each model incorporates a graphic design which
enhances the inner and outer silhouette. The pieces are crafted in the finest
Italian luxury yarns. The fibers used are silk with metal, a viscose
composition with an extraordinary matt/luster effect and extra fine cashwool.
KNITWEAR
FOR PEOPLE AND PLACES © by Anne-Grethe Filtenborg is a pop up label which deals with
knitwear design for various settings, including projects addressing the body as
well as space and interior projects. Anne-Grethe
Filtenborg is a Danish Amsterdam based fashion and textile professional. She has a BA in Textile Design from Danmarks Designskole in Copenhagen as
well as a BA in Fashion from Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Next
to her work for her own label she has a standing career as a design tutor and
leader in Art en Design education within several of the Dutch academies,
including AMFI, ARTEZ Fashion Masters and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie where
she was also head of the Fashion department.
