Designer Spotlight: KRELwear
Karelle Levy, the Miami-based designer behind KRELwear, is the type of designer we love: innovative, cutting-edge and resourceful. For instance, when Levy was just starting out, much of her collection of knits was made from reclaimed and mill-end yarns. Smart, right? But also completely environmentally friendly.
Levy's knits are not only stunning and sexy, but also fun with lots of great draping and a playful mix of colors. "I love to work with fabrics and drape them in ways that are otherwise uncommon," she says. "The colors from this season come from the colors of the Miami skyline at sunset."
Levy launched her collection of "toobular" knits in 2004, after spending years making colorful hand machine clothes from yarns that she had been collecting for more than a decade. The designer continues to experiment with different yarns and textures with her fall collection, which will include a mix of rayon (a bi-product of cotton and wood pulp) and remnant and mill-end cotton yarns.
"I love to combine yarns to create different lusters within the fabric," notes the designer, who was the winner of the Style Wars competition earlier this year.
Levy, who describes her style and collection as sexy minimalism, isn't stopping there. For spring, the designer will be adding organic and natural dyed pima cotton to her collection. We can't wait!
Karelle Levy, the Miami-based designer behind KRELwear, is the type of designer we love: innovative, cutting-edge and resourceful. For instance, when Levy was just starting out, much of her collection of knits was made from reclaimed and mill-end yarns. Smart, right? But also completely environmentally friendly.
Levy's knits are not only stunning and sexy, but also fun with lots of great draping and a playful mix of colors. "I love to work with fabrics and drape them in ways that are otherwise uncommon," she says. "The colors from this season come from the colors of the Miami skyline at sunset."
Levy launched her collection of "toobular" knits in 2004, after spending years making colorful hand machine clothes from yarns that she had been collecting for more than a decade. The designer continues to experiment with different yarns and textures with her fall collection, which will include a mix of rayon (a bi-product of cotton and wood pulp) and remnant and mill-end cotton yarns.
"I love to combine yarns to create different lusters within the fabric," notes the designer, who was the winner of the Style Wars competition earlier this year.
Levy, who describes her style and collection as sexy minimalism, isn't stopping there. For spring, the designer will be adding organic and natural dyed pima cotton to her collection. We can't wait!
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