The story behind Akris’ runway collaboration with textile artist Olga de Amaral
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‘White gold' was the name given to linen from St Gallen, a Swiss city synonymous with fabric production since medieval times. Then, the monks of the local abbey had found that the region's climate provided the perfect conditions for growing flax, the plant that provides the fibres from which linen is woven; in the centuries since, embroidery became its primary trade, with tens of thousands of people employed in its production at the turn of the 19th century.It was here that, in 1922, the 26-year
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