Inter-Views of Fashion; Sandra Backlund

 ”My work is very personal to me. I improvise and allow myself to loose control and see what happens if I do not think so much about practical things. I am really fascinated by all the ways you can highlight, distort and transform the natural silhouette of the body with clothes and accessories. I build my garments by hand from a couple of basic bricks which I multiply and attach to each other in different ways to discover the shape that I want. In that sense I approach fashion more like a sculptor then a tailor.”

“The handcraft process and the handmade feeling is also very significant. I am interested in almost every traditional handcraft method. I do experiment a lot with different materials and techniques, but it is through my heavy wool collage knitting that I have found the ultimate way to express myself. It is a freedom to be able to make your won fabric while working. For me it is the absolute challenge. All the levels of skills you have to pass before you can even think about starting to improvise. It is the real thing and everything that the modern fashion industry is not.”