In-and-Out of Control Tulle

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I get overly excited at fabric shops and usually come home with yards and yards of material that actually will end up crumpled, unused and useless in a corner somewhere.  I never seem to learn as I always end up with difficult fabrics like tulle which apart from making poor renditions of tutu, is just scratch fabric that is hard to work with. bARBARA l gONGINI's S/S 09 collection and actually previous collections teaches me not to play with tulle if you don't know what you're doing.  Her experimental knitwear with 3m wide lengths of tulle makes dresses and tops that are both out and in control.  Out of control, because it looks like tulle is exploding all over the body.  In control because she has kept to one colour and up close the construction means that she didn't just knot lengths of tulle randomly together (like I'd do…).  It's not really for lovers of simple lines and minimal fuss as these pieces are so commanding.  There are definite hints of Comme about in her work but I think there's a cleanliness and preciseness about it too that differs it from Comme.    

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I'm quite excited that I'll be going to Copenhagen Fashion Week for the first time to see her clothes in action as I really like the integrated film/show presentation she did. The short film was made in collaboration with the photographic duo Marmar and the musician Teitur.

22 comments

  1. OOhhhhh. I love it. I simply don’t know how else to say it. The fact she’s made tulle so blunt, so edged, while still encompassing the fluffiness of it… love!

  3. the model in the various concoctions reminds me a bit of the black swan in tchaikovsky’s swan lake…i love the wittiness and twisted take on tulle here. fabulous inspiration for all on the hidden possibilities of fabrics.

  9. Love it! This proves that tulle is NOT just for ballerinas. These photos give me the inspiration I needed to pull all my tulle out of storage and create something whimsical but still edgy. Yay!

  11. I loooove these tulle pieces! I love that the volume is so unstructured and not rigid, like most of the voluminous shapes we’ve seen this past year…

  14. Nice, very dramatic, would work great in a theater play as well I think. But the last pair of shoes looks extremely uncomfortable.
    Copenhagen, nice!

  15. Hi, Style Bubble
    You are lucky that you are going to Copenhagen Fashion Week. It is one of the best fashion weeks I think, maybe because Copenhagen is the city i live in now and I was born there.
    Unforunetely I’ve never been to a fashion show, but I hope a day I can see one 🙂
    Maybe I’ll se you in Copenhagen?
    I hope you will get a nice trip, anyway.
    Love you blog, it’s fantatic!
    fr√∏ken – miss in danish – fashion.

  16. Those feet things confuse me, well on closer inspection they don’t, but they do look painful.

  17. How exciting that you’re coming to CPH FW! I hope you enjoy it – there are some really great designers and shows.
    Maybe I’ll spot you in Copenhagen 😉 Unfortunately some of the major shows have been cancelled due to the financial crisis (aren’t we all sick of hearing that word?!) – but there are still great shows to look forward to.
    I hope you’ll enjoy Copenhagen!
    /Maria

  18. Ahh!!! Susie! I was going to use the extra tulle from my Halloween costume (I went as Bjork in her swan dress) to make something crazy but now I see that someone already has….

  19. Gorgeous! It reminds me a dress from Asos which Daisy Lowe is wearing for Buddhist Punk, the tu tu dress. I am about to attemp making one of them to a girlfriend of mine.

  20. i LOVE this. it’s amazing how she’s managed to make tulle look so soft. i’ve been on the lookout for some tulle to create my own tutu but everytime i touch the material, i have doubts as to whether i’d be able to put anything together at all – like you said, it’s a difficult fabric to work with. and i can’t even really sew!

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