Cooperative Designs designers, Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann met on the MA Fashion course at Central St Martins in London 2007. Both specializing in knitwear their creative take on design uses traditional techniques mixed with new materials and technologies.

Their quirky style has led them to do knits for Hussein Chalayan AW08 and 09 SOAR, SS09 and Henri Bendel SS09. Continue Reading

Knitwear duo Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann of Cooperative Designs bring forward another graphic/color-blocked knitwear collection with a lot of attitude for FW09/10. My mind is sort of on sensory overload when I look at the collection as it is trying really hard to define the evident inspiration references. Its a bit jumbled, but I can definitly draw a lot of Debbie Harry – 80’s Punk Rock / Goth Glam, London street scene, Vivienne Westwood, “Cry Baby”… I guess I just articluated the jumble that is in my head, but i think those key terms define the inspirations and attitude behind this collection.

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If you like big knitted sweater, then you will LOVE CooperativeDesigns ! by Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann, CooperativeDesigns is a young London based knitwear label specializing in innovative modern knitwear created using traditional techniques. Continue Reading