This one-of-a-kind sweater has been created by London-based fashion designer and artist Bethany Williams for TOAST Renewed, using items from past TOAST collections that have been either damaged or returned to our warehouse. It features a patchworked knit and a shawl collar.

“Throughout the collection I have been exploring my lineage and family archive photographs,” says Bethany. “The shape of this sweater comes from my grandad’s jumper, which originally belonged to my great-grandad. I wanted to carry that shape forward and give it another life. I worked with Alice Morell Evans to develop the knitwear, using knit samples from previous collections alongside deconstructed knitwear. The pieces are patched together using crochet. The artwork comes from two family images: a painting I developed of myself with my grandad sitting on my great-uncle’s motorbike, and a photograph I found in my family archive of two horses caring for each other. The photograph was taken in the field behind my nan and grandad’s house. These images became part of the knit, bringing together fragments of family memory and the garments themselves.”

Wool, cotton, mohair, cashmere, alpaca, linen and polyamide. Crochet patchwork. Shawl collar. Ribbed cuffs and hem.

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.