eleanor amoroso

Purple Ferdinand wearing Eleanor Amoroso SS12 dress, as worn in her new video for Beautiful Anomaly

This week’s designer exclusive is with VFS’s Eleanor Amoroso. This exciting, emerging designer launched her label last year and showcased her AW12 collection during Vauxhall Fashion Scout’s Exhibition at Freemason’s Hall. We caught up with her to see what she’s been up to since February.

Eleanor, first of all congratulations concerning the reception that you received following your exhibition showcase at Vauxhall Fashion Scout! What was the best thing about the experience?

Showcasing at Vauxhall Fashion Scout was a great experience. Meeting face to face with buyers and press is an excellent opportunity to get feedback and peoples’ reaction to my work. I met people like stylists and buyers I have already worked with and also lots of new contacts and had look book requests from Vogue, Schon and bot UK and international shops.

What have you been up to since February?

I have been busy making jewellery pieces for an order for Sister in Tokyo and following up press requests from fashion week. I am also working on a website relaunch involving rebranding and new images. I am currently organising photo shoots for this and working on creating a short film to coincide with the launch. I have also finally joined Twitter! @eleanoramoroso

Your collections are well known for being completely made from hand; on average how long does it take to make a piece?

It’s difficult to say as I tend to work on several pieces at a time. The garments tend to be made up of smaller sections, which are then hand-sewn together. I spend months developing each collection but once I have made the pieces, it is usually much quicker to remake them the second time round. I am also a lot faster at knotting now than when I first began! A piece from my graduate collection that is knotted from the shoulder down to the floor (and entirely held together with knots and no hand sewing) took me over a month to make! It felt like it would never be finished!

Wow! What keeps you motivated during such a detailed process?

Although the pieces take a long time, I find them really enjoyable to make! I find the technique so inspiring and get most of my ideas while I am working. I often have to stop and sketch as I think of new ideas and pieces often begin as one thing and end up being something very different. The way that the different knots work together creating different textures and patterns keeps me motivated. I find it really exciting and love to play around with this and hours literally fly by without me noticing!

Talk us through your studio space

I am currently in the process of moving and looking for a studio space, but up until now I have worked out of my bedroom – and sometimes my kitchen and garden! I am lucky to also have a spare room to work in sometimes so I have been able to have interns come and help. It can definitely be quite difficult making these kind of pieces without much space so I hope to find a bigger space to work in.

What can you exclusively tell us about your SS13 collection?

I am working on developing my techniques to create more wearable pieces as well as intricate showpieces, but without losing their handmade charm. I am experimenting with incorporating new fabrics too and continuing to make jewellery pieces alongside the clothing.

Sounds very exciting. Finally, what’s planned for you over the next few months?

Over the next few months I will be looking into moving into a studio space, continuing with the website development and of course designing and making my SS13 collection. September will be here in no time!

Make sure you keep up to date with Eleanor’s antics via her website, her Twitter or Facebook page.

Interview and text by Editor Cass Gowing, Images taken by Eleanor Amoroso

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For an instant wardrobe update this spring/summer 2012, all you need is a chunky bangle.

-vogue.com

Seen decorating wrists everywhere from Fendi andBalenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent and Balmain, they range from the subtlest gold metal cuff to some of spring’s most attention-grabbing jewels.

At Hermès, they came stacked in tan leather of varying sizes, while Donna Karan chose single bold wooden designs to weigh down arms. Chanel went for gold, showing cuffs studded with gems, while Giambattista Valli’s snaked up models’ arms in swirls of metal.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/trends/2012-spring-summer/chunky-bangles

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wooden platform shoes | Julia Kaldy for Eleanor Amoroso SS12

wooden platform shoes | Julia Kaldy for Eleanor Amoroso SS12
top right: skirt | Eleanor Amoroso SS12

read tantrum magazine issue 3: new blood here

ELEANOR AMOROSO F/W12

In the age of fast fashion, the demand for one-of-a-kind showpiece garments is as precious as ever. One of the most wearable options for this kind of investment is knitwear. Joining the likes of Mark Fast, Craig Lawrence, and Sandra Backlund, Eleanor Amoroso is the latest novelty knitwear designer pushing boundaries when it comes to materials and technique. Steadily climbing up the ranks in the incubator that is London, Amoroso is having her turn, and in this go around, macramé knitting takes the spotlight.

Amoroso first decided to fashion dresses with the knotting technique while creating her graduate collection at the University of Westminster, and has since come to develop this signature style through experiments with a number of creative processes. Citing Japanese rope bondage and tribal jewelry as references in seasons past, Amoroso creates each one of her pieces from scratch, creating body and texture through permutations of the thousands of knots she ties by hand.

Having developed increasingly sculptural pieces, for F/W 2012-13, she adds copper hardware and feathers to the intricate knotting, while the loose fringing gets a boost from an ombré treatment.

see full article here

ALL CLOTHING ELEANOR AMOROSO SS12 http://www.voltcafe.com/home/?p=11951

I caught up with Queen Michelle from the Kingdom of Style blog the other day for an interview about the AW12 collection http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2012/03/all-in-knots.html

all images Eleanor Amoroso AW12

photographer David Sessions | stylist Ben Schofield | MUA Laura Hunt | model Rachel Matthews

left: Jane Bowler | right: dress Eleanor Amoroso

right: Eleanor Amoroso | left: Jane Bowler

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London based designer Eleanor Amoroso has once again captivated us here at MPDClick with her dramatic handcrafted macramé collection. Attracting attention from a handful of magazines last season with her graduate collection, one piece even featured on the cover of Volt Magazine on model Alice Dellal, just months after graduating. For spring/summer 12 we see the same dramatic floor length silhouettes but with even more detail placed upon the structure of each piece. Black is once again the favoured colour with cream introduced, lifting the collection for summer. Painted wooden flower petals are noted this season, further emphasising the focus on craft while adding a new dimension through the contrast in texture. All handmade, we cite Eleanor Amoroso as a pioneering figure within a rising breed of true modern artisans. Read full article here

view the full AW12/13 lookbook here

photographer david sessions | stylist ben schofield | model rachel matthews

full look book coming soon.

photographer david sessions | stylist ben schofield | model rachael matthews

Eleanor Amoroso will be showing her AW12/13 collection as part of Vauxhall Fashion Scout’s London Fashion Week exhibition at the Freemason’s Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London. 17-21 February.

Eleanor Amoroso will be exhibiting in New Fashion: Interventions in Materials and Techniques at the Fashion Space Gallery in February

New Fashion: Interventions in Materials and Techniques is the first of three exhibitions at the Fashion Space Gallery devoted to emerging talent across the disciplines of fashion design, illustration and photography. The series will showcase makers who, though not yet widely known, are some of the most outstanding of their generation – whose work takes it’s place among the best of contemporary practice, while also defining future directions, agendas and tastes around fashion creation.

By presenting the work of eight emerging fashion labels, this exhibition explores a number of ways in which young designers are pushing boundaries in the creation of contemporary womenswear. All of those featured have established their businesses within the past three years, and yet each possesses a clear sense of their individual creative process and professional identity. Their strong visions are tangible in the intensive materiality, high level of craftsmanship, powerful visual impact and originality of the work that they produce. http://www.fashionspacegallery.com/exhibition/current/

Eleanor Amoroso will be showing her AW12 collection at Modefabriek this Sunday and Monday at the RAI Amsterdam.

Bead detail macrame dress | Eleanor Amoroso SS12

You can almost feel the sexual tension oozing through the pages of Schön!’s 14th issue, in the kinky story ‘Noir’ – beautifully photographed by Dimitris Theocharis.

Left: Dress Alexander McQueen, Macrame Neckpiece Eleanor Amoroso

Right: Chain and Oversize Clasp Neckpiece Eleanor Amoroso

Right: Fringe Dress (styled as gilet) Eleanor Amoroso

xxxx magazine’s HYPNIC JERK video featuring pieces from Eleanor Amoroso AW11

http://xxxxmagazine.tv/hypnic-jerk-xxxx-magazine-issue-4/

Eleanor Amoroso Macrame Dress AW11 in Schon magazine, issue 12

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Cream Skirt (styled as cape) | Eleanor Amoroso SS12

Photographer Annick Wolfers | Dress by Eleanor Amoroso

Dress from SS11 collection shot by Annick Wolfers, featured in I Want Your Picture exhibition, Espace Commines Gallery, Paris and featured on Elle.fr

Dress | Eleanor Amoroso AW11

Eleanor Amoroso has a dark and unique style that was first noticed just a little less than a year ago. After graduating from University of Westminister, the artist gained notoriety for her experiments with knitwear, sculptural shapes and her view of the human body. After a break through collection based on handcrafted garments and accessories, she now comes with a more dramatic mood.

The Spring-Summer 2012 Collection shows a point of view. The human body is seen not only as an object, but also as a statement to be made. It’s wrapped around, played with in a way that is powerful without being heavy. It’s a new silhouette.

She was initially inspired by Japanese rope bondage, ancient macramé wall hangings and tribal jewelry. She has worked with Hungarian footwear designer Julia Kaldy to create the accessories. The designer once explained that her process of creation is developed throughout different pieces that once in the same picture, make a collection. All her garments are unique separately, and when mixed together, they create different images, always following a concept and an idea.

The lightness of the fabrics brings a flow that contrasted with the detailed handwork makes a perfect combination of innovation and style. The colors are based on black and white contrasts adding a new dimension to her line of clothing. It makes us wonder about what is coming next.

Mariana Morbelli
http://www.design42day.com/2011/10/eleanor-amoroso/

view SS12 collection at Blow’s Press Days..

Macrame Cape (worn as neckpiece) | eleanor amoroso AW11

shot by Mark Cant, styled by Ben Schofield

Dress | eleanor amoroso AW11

”Eleanor Amoroso is an accomplished London based designer who launched her label last season following her very successful graduate collection.

She studying womenswear University of Westminster where she explored the complex techniques of macramé, which she has applied in a very forward thinking way.

The difficult-to-master artisan techniques of japanese rope bondage also influenced her aesthetic, but gladly interpreted in a less traditional manner, with only small elements of the artform being obviously present, the rest being expertly reinvented and reworked into something altogether less subversive and much more contemporary.

Her work is a heady mix of intense craftsmanship, elegance and a very subtle toughness. The craft element is predominant since each and every piece is hand made, which is a unique labour of love for this new designer. The preciousness and care with which she treats each piece is clear as every knot, every loop and every fold is perfectly placed and meticulously calculated. Eleanor definitely represents the caliber of talent coming out of London”

Read full article: http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2011/10/get-knotted.html

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Eleanor Amoroso’s SS12 collection will be exhibited at Pitti Immagine showrooms in Milan 24-26 september.

http://www.pittimmagine.com/en/corporate/fairs/touch-neozone-cloudnine/eventi/2011/notjustalabel.html

eleanor amoroso s s 1 2 collection

Shinsuke Mituoko’s textural interplay led neatly onto Eleanor Amoroso, the final designer to show on the Blow Presents catwalk. Still just a year out of university, and showing only her second collection since graduating (from Westminster last year), the super knitter extraordinaire continued to refine and hone her designs. Perhaps taking herself out of her comfort zone, Amorso manipulated and twisted knitted ropes in incredibly complex designs, leaving out pieces to reveal chunks of the body, or cinching them in at the waist with rope belts attached with polished gold links. Complicated front pieces revealed backless designs that were held in place only by simple ties and knotted tapes. Floor sweeping tassels hung from the waist, contrast dip-dye techniques served only to exacerbate the elongated lengths that were in sharp contrast to the relief work that framed the body.

Later in the collection, hexagonal honeycomb cut-outs were held in place by knotting and knitting, By focusing on a tightly edited palette – black and faded cream specifically – Amoroso allowed the craftsmanship to shine through – unsurprising considered that each piece is made by hand, a true labour of love. Despite the undeniable complexity of these knitted sculptures (and sculptures they were, ‘clothing’ cannot adequately described their contoured forms) they never appeared overtly conceptual, grounded in traditional crafts, there was a calm sense of equilibrium that lends itself to a purity of design. The looks were accessoried with chunky, stacked bangles and precarious wooden flatforms with bound leather and fabric straps.

Images by: Sam Wilson

Posted by: Victoria Loomes

http://www.fashion156.com/collections/eleanor-amoroso-blow-presents-london-fashion-week-ss12/

eleanor amoroso will be showing her SS12 collection on 18th September 2011, during London Fashion Week

Four young designers featured by Blow Presents will show their S/S12 collections collaboratively at St Luke’s Hall on Old Street. Fanny and Jessy, Jane Bowler, Eleanor Amoroso and Shinsuke Mitsuoka will work with Wella Professionals to create unique hair designs.

http://the-coterie.net/news/2011/07/16/the-coterie-and-the-catwalk/

eleanor amoroso’s ss12 collection will then be taken to Milan for the Pitti Immagine Showrooms at Milan Fashion Week in association with Not Just A Label and Vogue Italia.

eleanor amoroso jewellery pieces now available from Darkroom store and Darkroom online at:

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| fringe neckpieces by eleanor amoroso |

| fringe neckpiece by eleanor amoroso |

Directed by Oscar-shortlisted DarkFibre (Ishbel Whittaker and Marc Hawker). The Runner is the second video from the 2011 album The Cold Still by The Boxer Rebellion, and features a piece from Eleanor Amoroso’s A W 1 1 collection.

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macramé V necklace | aw11 collection

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Eleanor Amoroso – AW 11/12

If, like me, you have a penchant for fringing and the exaggerated movements it provides, then Eleanor Amoroso’s collection for Autumn Winter 11 is one to uncover. Her first collection since graduating, it features dark macramé dresses intricately knotted into a variety of shapes. Sweeping fringing from neck to ankle accentuates the wearer’s powerful strides in a dramatic statement of modern elegance – flowing silhouettes hardened by heavy metal clasps and metal piping.

Amoroso’s designs are each made by hand. There is a distinct power in her design execution and commitment to vision. Amoroso’s creations exude an authentic sensuality and feminine dominance.

Julia O Doherty

“For Fall 2011, Eleanor Amoroso has taken her trademark knotting to new levels of body-contouring complexity. Metal piping and clasps modernize the tribal feel exuded by the pieces, which hug the body with an elegant edginess.

What is perhaps to be most loved about this collection is that it seems to have been carefully and painstakingly developed; there is no sudden veering-off into an unrelated direction for this designer. And, much like the intensive process of developing macramé, the collection falls neatly into place in her repertoire, and creates a beautiful overall aesthetic…”

http://www.corridor40.com/2011/05/fashion/cult-status/eleanor-amoroso-fall-2011

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macramé cuff worn as headpiece | eleanor amoroso ss11

macramé dress | eleanor amoroso ss11

crop macrame top | macrame detail fringe skirt

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” Inspired by the dramatic styles of high fashion labels Rodarte and Alexander Wang, Westminster graduate Eleanor Amoroso creates dark, beautiful hand-crafted, knitted garments and accessories.

Instantly attracting the editorial attention of V and Vogue, Eleanor’s debut collection was picked up by Blow PR following her graduate show. Assisting cult young designers Gemma Slack and Charlie le Mindu whist studying fashion design, the London-based designer first studied illustration and painting, inspired by her tutor, artist Richard Gray. Experimenting with a range of creative processes Eleanor went on to discover a passion for hand crafting materials, more specifically the techniques of macramé, describing her aesthetic as “knitwear but not so much knitted”.

Working in her local pub by day and working tirelessly to realise her dream of making her self-titled label a success by night, Eleanor envisions contemporary style icons Alice Dellal and Daisy Lowe as the future faces of her collection.

In the video here i-D Online catches up with the young designer at the Blow showrooms to find out more about her intricate technique.’

Text Milly McMahon

http://www.i-donline.com/i-spy/i-ntroducing-eleanor-amoroso

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” Eleanor Amoroso has a trademark quirky, decorated and dark style. The experimental super knitter who after graduating from University of Westminister in 2010 has become a new favorite at Blow PR. She is deservedly making great strides forward with her first groundbreaking collection based on handcrafted garments and accessories made from long lengths of fringing. “