Sandra Backlund is my hero!

from "DiamondCutDiamond" from "Pool Position"

Sandra Backlund has been a star to me since I discovered her almost-overwhelmingly voluminous DiamondCutDiamond collection in an (2007?) issue of Surface magazine. Today, while searching for inspiration, I looked at her site again. Much like other designers these days, she has been "downsizing", but in Backlund-land that means that she has been making more wearable pieces with minimal volume which still retain the surface interest of her earlier collections. She has worked primarily in knits, but has been known to use paper, clothespins, and other commonplace materials to hand-assemble her structural garments.