Anita Hirlekar[1]
Anita Hirlekar is an Icelandic womenswear and textile designer based in London. She studied for her BA in Fashion Design with Print at Central Saint Martins in London and graduated in 2012.
Anita Hirlekar.
Hirlekar's work consists of experiments with shape, color and texture. She draws on her love of handmade goods and creates innovative fabric techniques, with traditional craftmanship as her guide.
One of Anita Hirlekar's creations.
Close-up of the above design.
Inspired by various abstract painters from Rothko to Richter, Hirlekar's starting point for her designs is thoughtful and an artistic play with paint and color.
Sketch of a dress design.
Front view of dress.
Back view of dress.
Close-up of back and neck line of dress.
She merges dissimilar textures and diverse materials to create considered and unique clothing, reminiscent of a painting.
Color swatch of a dress design.
Back/side view of constructed dress from the above color swatch.
For her BA graduation collection Hirlekar focussed on hand felting - she felts Merino wool on silk, knit, velvet, lace and polyester to achieve different textures and volumes. She also used this technique in the construction of the garments by felting large pieces of cloth together, so that seams were not needed in the collection.
Front view of dress. Note the flashes of color.
Back/side view of felted dress.
Hirlekar's work has been shown in Palos Verdes Art Center in Los Angeles, as well as the Museum of Design and Applied Art in Reykjavik. She worked with Christian Dior Couture in Paris and Diane von Fürstenberg in New York. She was studying for her MA in Fashion Textiles at Central Saint Martins, London.
Reference:
[1] K. O'Meara, The Pattern Base, Thames & Hudson London (2015).
Anita Hirlekar is an Icelandic womenswear and textile designer based in London. She studied for her BA in Fashion Design with Print at Central Saint Martins in London and graduated in 2012.
Hirlekar's work consists of experiments with shape, color and texture. She draws on her love of handmade goods and creates innovative fabric techniques, with traditional craftmanship as her guide.
Inspired by various abstract painters from Rothko to Richter, Hirlekar's starting point for her designs is thoughtful and an artistic play with paint and color.
She merges dissimilar textures and diverse materials to create considered and unique clothing, reminiscent of a painting.
For her BA graduation collection Hirlekar focussed on hand felting - she felts Merino wool on silk, knit, velvet, lace and polyester to achieve different textures and volumes. She also used this technique in the construction of the garments by felting large pieces of cloth together, so that seams were not needed in the collection.
Hirlekar's work has been shown in Palos Verdes Art Center in Los Angeles, as well as the Museum of Design and Applied Art in Reykjavik. She worked with Christian Dior Couture in Paris and Diane von Fürstenberg in New York. She was studying for her MA in Fashion Textiles at Central Saint Martins, London.
Reference:
[1] K. O'Meara, The Pattern Base, Thames & Hudson London (2015).
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