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Palimpsist Shetland Fern Dress in Rust
Palimpsist Shetland Fern Dress in Rust
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Palimpsist Shetland Fern Dress in Rust
A knitted panelled slip dress with asymmetric hemline and shawl draped necklace. The Shetland Fern dress house two small ‘Shetland Fern’ details to imbue the garments with the magic of Scotland’s traditional crafts.
Palimpsist is a clothing and textile atelier based in Scotland and run by designer Sam Wood. The atelier works between fashion, costume and visual arts, reflecting Wood’s background as a graduate of The Glasgow School of Art.
Palimpsist engages with craft techniques such as knitting and pattern cutting to create playful and engaging garments. Largely influenced by the Scottish landscape and its folkloric attachments.
Palimpsist regularly collaborates with other creatives working within photography, ceramics, music and performance to build a new, fantastical world for the garments and their wearers to live within. In 2022, Palimpsist collaborated with photographer Izzy Leach to produce a short film, ‘SARAH’. The film followed the protagonist through an esoteric ritual instigated by the five stages of grief during the break up of a relationship which culminated in a sacrificial burning of a scarecrow. Palimpsist created three costumes for the film made of papery dupion silk and dyed with smoke from a small bonfire the night before shooting. This sparked a long project exploring the use of smoke and charcoal as alternative dye stuffs for textiles, and a deeper exploration of Scotland’s relationship between textiles and the land. Palimpsist’s research eventually led to Shetland lace and the significant use of natural form’s to inspire the intricate knit structures of the handmade shawls. Each lace shawl held a map of the flora surrounding it’s knitter, beautifully illustrating the relationship between Scots craft and the natural landscape.
Knitted by hand in Glasgow, Scotland.
Size S
Measurements
Across bust 35cm
Across waist 36cm
Across hips 53cm
Length - shortest length 134cm - longest length 150cm
Fabric Composition Acrylic and Viscose
Dry clean
If needed: Spot clean with cold water and light soap
Lie flat to dry if wet
Iron on low heat
Please note this is a contemporary piece.
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