I bunny hopped over to Topshop’s show space on Russell Street for talented Canadian knitwear designer, Mark Fast’s autumn/winter 2010-2011 show.

There was a huge queue outside, soon enough I was inside the huge show space sponsored by Topshop’s New Generation scheme. I made my way to my seat as stated on the invite (the invite was a beautiful one with a sparkly knit illustration) only to find it filled.

Never the less, soon the show started. The press release stated that for the collection Fast had explored art deco statues and the work of bronze sculptor, Dimitri Chiparus.

Fast always excels with his couture like knit techniques. The handmade designs are apparently sculpted on the body as he knits. Each piece wafting past on the model line up including ‘plus-size’ was like a bespoke intricate piece of knitted art.

I was really drawn to the colour palette of pinks, vibrant reds, nude, grey, ochre, fawn, ecru and midnight blue. Fast said was inspired by the ‘Indian Summers’ in his native Canada.

The collection featured thin wraps, ruffled knit separates and his signature remarkably pieced body con dresses (with rivets, knit like lattices and caging, cut outs, halter neck and off the shoulder cuts etc). Every individual design that came past looked like a wonder knit maze that I would like to encase myself in.