Outerwear specialist SARAH RUNNALLS founded her women’s wear business in 2010, the year after she completed the Blanche Macdonald fashion program in Vancouver. Paradoxically, this Victoria-based designer has developed a reputation for masterful tailoring at the same time she’s lauded for the artful deconstruction inherent in her creations. “Although my own personal design aesthetic is minimal and pretty streamlined, I love the chaos and beauty of Comme des Garcons.” Hence her choice of one-time Rei Kawakubo/CDG protégé Junya Watanabe as her Cashmere Collection 2019 muse. 

Her extraordinary garment’s circular shapes, prodigious pleating and exaggerated volumes are tip-offs that Victoria’s SARAH RUNNALLS has chosen Junya Watanabe as her Legends of Fashion inspiration. Technically (and resourcefully) Sarah used various sized plates to create the circle shapes and crafted dozens of wavy strips of Cashmere BT for the sinuous pleated components. 

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