Ever had those moments of finding yourself pulling your shirt fabric when it sticks to your skin? Static cling isn’t fun, but a subject fascinating enough to inspire fashion designer Lena Glendor to take elements of electromagnetism into her graduate collection at Sweden’s Beckmans. Her playful take on static cling is featured as forced ruching on her otherwise minimal tailoring of wool, silk and suede garments. Thanks Lena for the images.
Designer’s statement:
In true minimalistic spirit, my collection focuses on pure shapes and exclusive materials. In contrast, technological elements like gravitation, static electricity and magnetism have inspired me to work with forced drapings and metal surfaces.
Images courtesy of Lena Glendor & Beckmans
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I really like the ideas behind this collection- static cling, magnetism, seems to open uip a whole new world. Appreciating the ripples of static cling almost seems like our newfound taste for wrinkles in clothing too, prewrinkled fabric now being appreciated for its texture. Looking at this collection reminds me of Shingo Sato’s transformation and reconstruction techniques (TR technique) which anybody interested can take a look at in his utube videos. Although I didn’t see how magnets were incorporated (please enlighten me if you know), magnetic clasps, and indeed any kind of tool that is used for holding together fabrics (zips, buttons, shoelaces and shoeholes) can also be used to play with movement in fabric, in a very interactive way so the wearer can vary the shape of the garment (See my website link). Reading this article has given me inspiration to expand on this dress using magnets… Thank you for the inspiration:)
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