Background
Alice Palmer has a background in textiles, graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 2000. Her passion for making garments took her to London to study for a Masters at the Royal College of Art, always intent upon starting her own knitwear label after graduating. The outcome of her degree is a strong, unique aesthetic, coupled with production methods that are friendly to the environment, requiring no fabric waste.
Alice Palmer dedicates a lot of time to pushing the boundaries within design and production. One of her aims is to change the way knitwear is perceived and to create high fashion garments. Alice Palmer's individualistic sculptured knitwear is becoming highly sought after and much talked about.
Inspiration
Alice Palmer's SS11 Collection is entitled 'Fossil Warriors' and was launched to a rapturous audience during Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden, judged by John Galliano:
"Palmer's intricately pleated knitwear pushed the boundaries as well as being infinitely wearable" - Miss B. Browns Fashion
"...shapely backless dresses that were powerfully sexy and ready to be worn right away" - Dolly Jones, Vogue.com
"...neat and sharp as a pin..draped and sculpted dresses and gowns that looked a bit like beautiful alien vertebra, but wearable to a frock" - Meenal Mistry, Style.com
How does it make you feel?
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