Yes, I actually cut and sewed this blazer last night, a few hours before I came to this shoot. I found these two blazers at a local thrift store and reworked them both into one couture piece! When I first started making knitwear seriously I was only knitting balaclavas. I was a sophomore in the fine arts department at Parsons who had just figured out she hates oil painting. I needed to figure out a way to meld my love of knitwear and my studio course so I made a balaclava with no face holes. I think I made up some self-isolation concept for it that was really dumb, but it started this chain reaction that had me making balaclavas on balaclavas.
Below, seven balaclava-lovers from across New York talk about their enduring love for this season’s buzziest winter accessory. I am a sustainable upcyclist that loves transforming fashion through clothes! I love creating couture one-of-one pieces that nobody’s ever seen before! I love hiding my identity. I actually got contacted by a stylist to style someone for Lil Uzi’s “Just Wanna Rock” video and that’s when I made the “Sequence Devil Horn Balaclava,” because it reminded me of Uzi’s style and approach to fashion! I added the horns to the mask, because it adds a costume/cosplay edge to the piece making it more fun and playful which describes my personality 100 %.
I started really going ham with the knitwear over 2020 lockdown but because it was nearing summertime the balaclavas weren’t as popular as I hoped. Now they are a lot more popular—with my own products and with other knitters and designers. I think in my quickest I could do it in an hour or so, but I was usually plying a couple yarns together so it went a bit quicker. It really depends on your level and urgency. I knit like my life depends on it and now I have horrible wrist issues. Don’t do what I do.
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