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Daggy, daggy, cool: the loud jumper is back | Australian fashion
Kaylene Milner was first drawn to knitwear as a fashion student, where she taught herself the basics after finding her course largely sidestepped the practice. “I just really liked how tactile it was, with minimal waste,” she says. “As a young designer you don’t have access to as much of the textile industry … but with knitwear you can create your own fabrics.” Kaylene Milner of Wah-Wah Australia wearing a knit designed in collaboration with Reg Mombassa. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian After graduating, Milner started her label Wah-Wah Australia to tap into her love of punk rock and knits, which had been inspired by an old photo of Dinosaur Jr…