The past couple of years have seen a massive spike in the knitwear market, with labels popping up across the spectrum at every price point, from under-$100 merinos to the loftiest cashmere hand knits. And while a glut of brands may be competing for customers’ sweater spending these days, Tabula Rasa offers up one take on the medium you surely won’t find anywhere else. The brand is the brainchild of Emily Diamandis, who’s spent more than 15 years honing her eye in knitwear, and notably building Rag & Bone’s now-major sweater offering (that category alone pulled in $35 million for the brand by its fifth year). She went on to…

Lauren Manoogian is a true fashion pioneer. Her accessories and ready-to-wear line is wholly organic. She sources materials for jewelry from scrap metal and electronics surplus warehouses and finds inspiration almost everywhere, from Native American textiles to landscape art. With a training background in knitting, Lauren launched her line with a collection of brightly colored necklaces made of paper clips and painted leather bracelets. For the fall season, she has embraced her talent for making knitwear by debuting a line of scarves and tops. Meanwhile, her jewelry pieces are made of only three colors, which is a vast departure from previous collections. “I was really attracted to a more austere…

Ryan Roche has become a household name in the fashion industry. When I think of knitwear designs, her name is one of the top ones that flow through my mind. Ryan Roche got her start in children’s wear. She designed Maggie Gyllenhaul’s daughters wedding dress and Maggie liked it so much, she asked her if she could design one of the pieces for herself. Milla Jovavich was the same. Read more

Gudrun Ludvig and Gudrun Rógvadóttir make up the design team of Gudrun & Gudrun who just happen to have the same first name. They both hail from a sparsely populated area that is very hard to find on a world map. Somewhere between Iceland and Norway, – the Faroe Islands -. Because they come from such a sparsely populated area, is the reason for their designs. They wanted to pay homage to their homeland. Thus Gudrun & Gudrun was born. Read more

For Ulla Johnson, fashion is personal. The designer, whose dreamy ready-to-wear has become a mainstay within the wardrobes of perennially cool stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, Alicia Vikander, and Sienna Miller, feels “quite passionately about every single piece,” she says in her Soho office. Though her ethereal dresses are currently having a moment on the red carpet, Johnson, who began her label in 1998, takes pains to ensure that every look taps into something deeper than a trend. Read more