Sandra Backlund
Biography
Fashion designer with an exam from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden. She founded her own label directly after graduation in 2004 and has been working full time with her collections sincethen. The handicraft process has always been very important for her work. Sandra Backlund has been experimenting with a lot of different materials and techniques, but it is her three-dimensional collage knitting that is most significant. In 2007 Sandra Backlund was the grand prix winner of Festival International De Mode& De Photographie in Hyeres. Sandra's work has recently been selected for exhibitions like "Hair du Temps" at laGalerie d'art du Conseil General in France,"Paper Fashion"at MoMu in Antwerp and MUDAM in Luxembourg and "Swedish Fashion -Exploring a New Identity" at Fashion andTextile Museum in London and Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. In 2008 she was selected by Franca Sozzani of Vogue Italia to be her protégé for the Protégé Project presented in Florence and in 2009 again for the Cittadelarte Fashion B.E.ST project together with Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. Except from her own line Sandra Backlund has also done some special knit wear pieces for other brands like Louis Vuitton and Emilio Pucci.