FUTURE CLASSICS© was founded in 2000, by London based designer Julie Wilkins and swiftly achieved acclaim for cleverly deconstructed jersey pieces, based on exploring and unravelling the grammar of the traditional T. The label moved on to incorporate knitwear and soft tailoring with the aim of creating a mainframe of timeless ‘modern vintage’ clothing where the dialogue between the traditional and the modern, the avant-garde and the conservative is played out. Since its creation, the label has had tremendous critical and commercial success, and is stocked in high end boutiques and department stores in the UK and internationally. The label exhibits during London and Paris Fashion Weeks.

 

A major part of the FUTURE CLASSICS© ethos is in the studied construction of each garment, which combines a modern and deconstructive approach to classically made garments. The interior of the garment is as important as the exterior, and often ends up swapping places with it, leaving the ‘workings’ of the garment – the seams and facings,  the thought and process of the make - visible. The pieces are developed and produced with care and attention to detail, using traditional techniques and fabrics – silk, cotton, cashmere, wool - and are often hand finished. All knitwear is fully fashioned from the bones of traditional English fine knit garments.

 

Julie was a singer/songwriter and painter before starting the label, and her album The Pluto Edit, is being released January 2012.

 

There are 2 FUTURE CLASSICS© lines:

 

FUTURE CLASSICS© :  A capsule wardrobe of essential garments – sharply tailored outerwear, jersey dresses and legs, de and re-constructed fully fashioned knitwear, and beautiful separates.

 

FUTURE CLASSICS DRESS© :  added in 2008, DRESS© is a an extended family of 10-12 semi-couture dresses and half-dresses (skirts and blouses) in exclusive prints or plain block colour, especially black, made using traditional, feminine dress materials and methods. DRESS© prints are all designed and developed by Julie.