phannatiq
phannatiq is urban inspired, high end womenswear for the strong woman who wants to stand out from the crowdand the label launches its second collection ‘fade out’ for SS12.phannatiq offers an exclusive touch to the textiles used, as everything is hand dyed and hand screen printed by the designer herself, guaranteeing that each garment is essentially a one off.
The Spring/Summer 2012 collection offers a full range of unique pieces including jumpsuits, shorts, dresses, tops and trousers. The collection features the distinctive phannatiq prints, which for this season are ‘razor wire,’ ‘abstract’ and ‘urban destruction’ produced in a colour palette of dusty pink, blue, grey and black. The urban landscape inspired textile designs and prints and quirky pattern cutting are a part of the strongly thought through design process, withfigure hugging shapes alongside sassy anti-fit cuts, asymmetric shapes and draping.
For phannatiq details are pivotal to the excitement of the garments employing press studs, rivets and leather piping, leather and printed silk trims and unexpected reverse detailing. A modern sense of feminine beauty is discovered through the use of distressed fabrics and hoods, making the collections both challenging and edgy yet fully wearable.
phannatiq was established by talented young designer Anna Skodbo, who left London to study a course in costume design and theatre make-up in Oslo, before deciding to do a foundation in fine art in order to apply for a degree in fashion. She worked freelance as a costume designer and seamstress for various theatre companies and projects in and around Oslo, before being accepted into the BA (hons) fashion course at the University of Hertfordshire in 2007. She graduated with first class honours in June 2010, gaining experience in a large number of aspects of the design process and industry and winning a few design competitions along the way. The label launched with its first collection during AW11 London Fashion Week.
Designer Anna Skodbo’s unmistakable textiles are inspired by her love affair of the forgotten and ignored nooks and crannies of London such as Hackney Wick, as there is a sad beauty in the run-down nature of these sullied corners of the city with their graffitied gates, broken chain fencing, razor wire.
