This one-of-a-kind knitted skirt has been created by London-based fashion designer and artist Bethany Williams for TOAST Renewed. Bethany worked with Alice Morell Evans who interpreted the artwork into patchwork knit using knit from existing garments and samples from previous collections, joined through crochet. Mother-of-pearl buttons from the TOAST Renewal programme add another small trace of the garment’s previous life.

“I wanted the shape to feel fitted but also layered,” says Bethany. “I was particularly interested in layering and rolled hems. The layers represent the complexity of legacy and what we leave behind, and the feeling of different histories sitting together. The artwork is an original painting I created of a still night, where the water reflects traditional Manx fishing boats that my family used to work on, with cows in the surrounding field. For me, the stillness in the image is about having space to reflect, when everything feels quiet and time almost stops.”

Wool, cotton, cashmere, alpaca and linen. Crochet patchwork. Decorative mother-of-pearl buttons.

This style is part of TOAST Renewed By, our limited-edition collaboration series, which sees garments transformed by guest artists through traditional textile handcrafts, honouring both their past and their potential future.