Alexander Serafimoff creates new colourful knitted dresses

16 Mar '06

3 min read

"I was literally amazed! ! As time has passed through the ages, everything in our everyday world has evolved -- from town hall to iron, from blast furnace to button. Only the design of knitwear has resisted change! For me it turned out to be a real disclosure -- that nowhere was there such a conservative sphere of creative activity as the sphere of knitting design. And I could not help fighting against such a standstill, and keep devoutly fighting up to the current moment."

Alexander's design philosophy is what he describes as "a wee bit of a shock." His creations lie somewhere between that term "wee bit" and his early tendency to shock people.

"I am already beyond that initial creative period when shocking people is significant for an artist. On the other hand, I get irritated by traditions and any conservatism in one's creativeness. In other words, I am trying to overthrow the tedious dogmas of knitting, while avoiding the shocking "avant-garde" in my work.

Not one to forget his engineering expertise, Alexander has invented a new kind of fastener. You can see it in many of the photographs. It's kind of a giant cloth zipper. Reinforced knit fabric loops replace traditional fasteners, and the wearer slips one loop into another to "zip up" a coat, dress, or whatever. Unfastening is swift. To use Alexander's catch phrase, "Unconnecting is lightning".

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