Though Mark Fast may have been beaten out for the ANDAM Fashion Award this year by Hakaan Yildirim, the form-fitting knitwear that he designs is fast becoming a favorite of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld. 
She chose to wear one of his memorable dresses for the British Fashion Awards this past December, no small compliment. Fast grew up in Canada outside of Winnipeg then moved to London to study at Central Saint Martins. He describes himself as obsessed with texture and his distinctive work constantly explores the connection between the garment and the human body.
Fast's designs take shape on a domestic knitting machine, forming to the figure stitch by stitch. The innovative methods he has devised for stitching work to create areas of tension and volume across the body thereby enhancing most figures. 
To sculpt his knits, Fast prefers angora, wool, and lycra blended with viscose, the latter of which he is particularly fond. Note that Julia is not just wearing Fast's gorgeous creations — the designer selected her to create the lookbook for his new Faster collection as well.
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Robert Konjic, Mark Fast photographs courtesy of Beauty Confessional, brownsfashion.com, Condé Nast, and style.com
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