If I was inclined to write a big sappy love letter to a designer right now, it would be to Asger Juel Larsen. Late last fall I talked a little about his 09 collection which included a host of handknit rubber pieces that totally wrecked his hands. This fall, hes got knitted elastic, quilted leather, polyvinylchloride, and this thing above that Ash Stymest is working. It’s like an underivative, unholy hybrid of Gareth Pugh’s slashed knits and the massive neckpieces from Lanvin’s AW09 collection. What’s more is that it works. The AW10 collection includes 20 pieces, which I assume are individually constructed by him (hopefully fueled by Joy Division). It’s presented in part at Fashionisto and via Fashion 156.

So why the love letter? Larsen has produced two effortless-looking, yet bleeding edge collections that incorporate fashion foundations — tailoring and utter exploitation of materials and their properties — and his atelier website is on blogspot. (I’m a fan.) He’s pushing the envelope with knits, incorporating hand and machine knits that utilize non-traditional materials to bend the properties of the textile normally created with those techniques. (Super stretch, super strength, super hero). If this is futureshock, I like it. Also, the current collection referenced Julie Taymor’s Titus. (Beat that with a stick.)