Well, what is avant-garde?
The folks over at Barbara I Gongini define it as “a forward-looking movement animated by innovative designers and artists who dare to go against the mainstream and propose ideas that stand out from the conventional”
Ankestrick’s Mrs Garter from 2013 has both the high funnel neck and the longer sleeves.
Espace Tricot’s Getting Warmer and Jamila Modiste’s Jumbo Capelet which do bring this exaggerated collar to mind…
Now according to Bliss Foster, a new-to-me content creator and fashion commentator on Youtube, the Avant-Garde is about pushing the boundaries of Content, Form (particularly subdivided into Process and Wearability).
And knitwear in particular is extremely versatile in pushing all those boundaries… of course what is created/collected at the boundary, then gets translated for the masses in the centre/mainstream. While humanity and fashion keeps moving forward, and hopefully getting better…
The knitpurl dispatch 