Serial Cultura: Is it Fall Yet?

serial_fall_723 I’ve been a big fan of Oakland designer Jen Jennings’ geometric-inspired line Serial Cultura since first seeing it at a Valencia Street trunk show last year. She was back in SF last weekend showing her fourth collection with its more subdued take on the patterned perfection of previous seasons.

While she’s currently using more muted colors than the lime and fuchsia she loves, the Parsons graduate and textiles aficionado is still using her signature combination of hand-dying silks and digital printing. Repeating shapes created in Photoshop are scanned onto fluid-like shirts and dresses, a process that can take up to a week per item. The resulting triangle bias tops and wrap dresses are all made in California and being sold at the local AB Fits.

Image by Scott Clark.