Sculptural pale blue knitted garment
Sandra Backlund · Date not documented
Stockholm, Sweden
Sandra Backlund
- Sculptural knitwear
- Exaggerated proportions
- Hand knitting
Sandra Backlund established her studio in 2004, developing knitting into a sculptural method of constructing clothing. Her pieces build on Sweden's craft traditions while deliberately altering the body's familiar outline.
Pictured: Sandra Backlund, Martin Bergström, Helena Hörstedt and Diana Orving.
Pia Ulin / Göteborgs konstmuseum — four designer portraits captioned Sandra Backlund, Martin Bergström, Helena Hörstedt, Diana Orving · Copyrighted; see source terms.Five looks to know
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Sculptural pale blue knitted garment
Date not documented
A documented example of the designer’s clothing or construction practice.
Ola Bergengren / Art Institute of Chicago
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Charcoal knitted halter dress with sculpted bodice
Spring/Summer 2009 · Pool Position
Sculpted volume gives this design its distinctive outline.
John Scarisbrick / Sandra Backlund, via Risekult
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Openwork blue top and sculpted crochet skirt
Spring/Summer 2009 · Pool Position
Sculpted volume gives this design its distinctive outline.
John Scarisbrick / Sandra Backlund, via Risekult
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Blue knitted top and shorts with stacked bands
Spring/Summer 2009 · Pool Position
Compact proportions make the cut of this garment especially clear.
John Scarisbrick / Sandra Backlund, via Risekult
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Black crochet minidress with openwork bodice
Spring/Summer 2009 · Pool Position
A representative dress that makes the designer’s approach to silhouette visible.
John Scarisbrick / Sandra Backlund, via RisekultCollections & archive pieces
1 collections represented · 1 pieceSelected work
1 piece
About Sandra Backlund
Dense handwork, exaggerated forms and carefully exposed areas create a relationship between garment and figure that challenges conventional pattern cutting and gives knitwear an unusually architectural visual language.