Phillip Bloch, the celebrity stylist, designer and TV personality, has developed a sustainable cashmere collection called Omniscient Things. Each of the sweaters is one-of-a-kind, and recreated by hand in the U.S.
A sweater from Omniscient Things.
Caleb Foster, courtesy of Phillip Bloch
Bloch said he works with new cashmere knitwear from China (he buys from a stockist extra inventory from private label companies) and adds fabrics that he gets from vintage clothing throughout the U.S. He takes the garment apart and attaches the fabric to the cashmere sweaters, or he uses vintage rolls of fabric or remnants that would normally be discarded. Bloch has a small team of people assembling the sweaters in their own ateliers, and works with them with placing every bead, sequin, feather, crystal or embroidered flower.
For example, Bloch said he’ll find a dress or cape in a vintage shop that works well because those garments have a lot of fabric, and he’ll take them apart and recreate them. “I can sometimes make two or three sweaters from one dress or cape,” said Bloch. For the collection, he created 159 pieces.
Among the styles are a black crewneck short-sleeved cashmere sweater with antique gold sequin embroidered flowers and leaves with jet beading on a tulle front with silk lining for $1,750, and a black long-sleeved crewneck cashmere sweater with a fiesta colored multifloral silk embroidered tulle front for $1,875.
A top from Omniscient Things.
Caleb Foster, courtesy of Phillip Bloch
Another look is a black long-sleeved crewneck cashmere sweater with metallic gold 3D flowers with crystal beaded centers on a black silk tulle front with silk organza lining for $1,875.
Overall, the retail prices range from $750 to $2,250. Bloch said he did a very limited…
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