fashion – KDD & Co

lady in a green dress

the shifting fortunes of a changeable colour

All dressed in yellow

how our attitudes to colour are bound up with the stories we tell ourselves

after the apocalypse, make stuff

the costumes of Station Eleven

the breaking up of the bluestocking club

the club is over, but there’s the book to come!

sock of the week: no.10

the “everlasting stocking knitters” of Wales

We were able to put quite a few things in the KDD shop last week, including our brand new 10 Years in the Making book. The book is now available for wholesale too, so if you are a bookshop or yarn store (or know a bookshop or yarn store) who would like to stock this…

Lunardi in Campsie

The revival of my eighteenth-century balloon-o-mania was inspired after some recent walks around Clachan of Camspie and Milton of Campsie (just north and east of where we live) during which I discovered that that balloonist, Vincent Lunardi, landed in Campsie Glen at the conclusion of his second flight from Glasgow in November 1785. After wowing…

ReJean Denim

One of the things I’ve been really struck by, as I reach the end of the process of writing our People Make Glasgow book, is just how many thriving enterprises in this city are led by brilliant young women. I’ve found learning more about the innovative work of makers, artist and designers like Rachel E…

summer shawls

We are gradually adding a range of different kits, books, and other products to the KDD shop, and the latest to arrive are kits for two of my most popular shawl designs – Fantoosh, and A Hap for Harriet. Both shawls are great for summer knitting, and I think both also make ideal accessories for…

Fair Isle in Whalsay

Are you going to Shetland Wool Week this year? If so, can I strongly suggest you set aside a day in your itinerary for a trip to the wonderful island of Whalsay?. The Whalsay Heritage Centre is currently hosting an exhibition of the island’s fair isle knitting that will, I assure you, really blow your…

Journal des Dames et des Modes

By: Kate Davies Designs April 30, 2016April 30, 2016

clothing, fashion, Historydress, fashion, fashion history, haps, History, history of dress, images, journal des dames et des modes, shawls, textile history48 Comments

Over the past few months, while working on the project that has now become The Book of Haps, I’ve examined countless images of wrappable textiles. I’ve encountered many ways to wear such textiles, and also reflected on the many different contexts for their wearing. Some of these groups of images were very useful for me,…

La Mode Ecossaise

By: Kate Davies Designs April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

fashion, Scotland, textileseccosais, fashion, fashion illustration, fashion magazines, France, french fashion, illustration, plaid, Scotland, scottishness, tartan38 Comments

I am deep in research and writing at the moment, and thought I’d keep bringing you some of my incidental finds and thoughts as I come across them. Searching through online images of French fashion magazines from the first few decades of the last century (as one does) recently, I came across several references to…