Rosalba Fucci

This fashion performance video follows the transformation of the garments composing the collection. Their metamorphosis is compared to the one from caterpillar to butterfly: the alternation of frames between the two evolutionary processes highlights their similarities, and is accompanied by the verses from Ovid's Metamorphoses Introduction.

Knit-a-morphosis is a knitwear collection composed of one-of-a-kind pieces that can be worn as they are but, through an interaction with the wearer, can also irreversibly change in colour, shape, and volume, becoming more complex and exciting to wear.

Some of the garments were produced in collaboration with:

Shima Seiki Italy and Loop Studio London

This innovative combination of knitted structures is realized fully on the knitting machine, without the need for any additional process from cast on to cast off, and makes the fabric become interactive, transformable and customisable. After a thread has been removed, the fabric can be pulled and consequently "opens", making the area change in density, volume, colour and/or texture.

As can be seen in the structures above, the alteration is not simply decorative, but can also be applied to the actual shape of the piece. This allows to have different potential outcomes from one knitted fabric: this is how the technique becomes the tool to achieve curves and tridimensional shapes, reducing the need for fully-fashioning and therefore simplifying production.