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Kristinit. Kristina Lenss. A NEW VINTAGE.

Published on Thursday, 18. May 2006, 16:43.
About: designer, fashion, vintage, dress

I found this on my daily round on nylonmag.com. Kristina Lenss' designs are gorgeous.
Latvian designer Kristina Lenss freshens up vintage-inspired fashion with her Kristinit spring line of limited edition silk marvels. Infused with a quiet luxury, Lenss' designs are playfully feminine. Culling from a background of studying design in London, art history in Santa Cruz, and costume design in Los Angeles, Lenss has designed for opera, film, ballet, and skiwear, before focusing her talents on her own line. Heavy on feminine designs worked in pastels and creamy colors on soft silhouettes, Lenss's inspiration is drawn from 1930s and 1940s Hollywood, such as the styles of Marlene Dietrich and costumer Edith Head, to Biba in the 1960s. "I love this kind of romantic blurring of time frames," she says. The result is sophisticated, vintage shapes lightened with droll detailing. Silk chiffon blouses are layered to add a touch of wispy glamour, a lace trimmed kimono top is adorned with carved pearl buttons, and a dropped waist, pleated dress is cast in tropical vintage print. The designer says, "Kristinit is for the girl, who, when old and withering, will be able to look back at pictures of herself and say, "Now I sure was one hot and classy looking girl." —SHELLEY WONG (Nylonmag.com)
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4 Comments:

ninedaysoff at Thursday, 18. May 2006, 21:08
Lookie, lookie for a look at nordic patterns… ;)
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hope, Thursday, 18. May 2006, 21:11
I already had a lookie at the patterns, the one you just posted. And I immediatly felt bad that I haven't done any new patterns so far.
ninedaysoff at Thursday, 18. May 2006, 21:53
So that's your plan for the weeks? New collection? Great!
C'mon! Get going! Maybe have a look at
mr. blechmans work?
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hope, Friday, 19. May 2006, 15:26
Yeah kind of. I guess. I'm still very interested in patterns. And I think there is still so much you can do about patterns. Cause a lot of the patterns you can purchase these days are often a bit over the top, in my opinion. I don't really like those screaming-for-attention designs in patterns, more the silent ones. The ones that create a certain feeling on the second view. I'll have a look for some and post them later.


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