Good Sport

[Illustration by Tanya Ling as seen in Selvedge, issue 47.]

In the next few weeks we'll be seeing a lot of Stella McCartney's Olympic and Paralympic Team GB "kit," as the Brit's call it. Writing for Selvedge, Kate Cavendish takes an in-depth look at the design in the magazine's new mid-summer issue. I'm taking a second to mention it because the whole issue is well-worth a read.

[This saddle isn't from the magazine. I spied it in the National Trust Collection Database -- part of the Trelissick collection, Cornwall. Photo by Lynda Aiano.]

 
From English saddles and sails to riding habits and American swimsuits, the editors explore textiles and craft behind the Games.

Learn about Paralympic posters at the Tate, here.