A happy coincidence has bought about this collaboration with Kaylene Milner a knitwear designer in Sydney, Australia and Mr Joe Johnson, a ‘kinda big deal’ grafitti artist in Hull.
Sparked by Noel Fielding’s outfit whilst presenting dessert week on The Great British Bake Off, we connected online over our mutual love of kilts and knitwear, specifically the woollens she makes through her label WAH-WAH. Inspired by punk rock record covers, gig posters and old-school comics Kaylene designs unique, unisex jumpers produced in Australia from Australian wool, many of which incorporate collaborations with graphic artists and indie bands.
In an exchange of skills using the ‘exquisite corpse’ method of the 1920s surrealists, this kilt will be the first of two that form the bottom half of a unisex outfit. Mr Joe Johnson’s drawing will be continued by me across the raw black denim box pleat kilt, then sent to Joe to add some more artistry, before being shipped over to Kaylene in Australia to bring both parts together. Creating a bespoke selvedge to add a special hem detail begins the task…
