About a hundred years ago Romualdo García was the photographer of choice in Guanajuato [GWAN-A-WHA-TOE], a wealthy mining town on the high central plateau of Mexico. As these images…
All the priceless pieces in the Museum of International Folk Art's eye-popping new exhibit contain cochineal, a rich red dye extracted from a tiny insect that lives on prickly pear cactus in many parts of the Americas and has been cultivated for centuries for use in textiles, paintings, sculpture, and even makeup.
Sizes Infant-4T. An international collection, featuring eight sewing patterns from five countries on four continents. Each pattern has detailed instructions for optional handwork techniques. Dress your sweeties up in a Japanese Kintaro, Mexican Dress and Baby Shirt, Korean Booties, Nepali Chupa, Moroccan Djellaba, or Turkish Tunic and Bloomers. Perfect garments to make as gifts or for your own sweet baby! This is a PDF pattern. For the paper pattern, go here. This includes a print-at-home version and a print shop versions (36" and A0). The print-at-home file is tiled so that you can print each individual garment pattern on its own. Sewing and Handwork instructions are included, as well as embroidery patterns, and a welcome letter. You will receive a zip file at checkout and a link in an email to receive the file. Save the file to your computer, and get started! Suggested fabrics: Light to medium-weight cottons such as broadcloth, batiste, muslin, corduroy, or flannel. Yardage chart (.pdf) LEARN MORE: Get a free pattern to add Christmas embroidery to your little outfit. Making and embroidering the Mexican baby dress from this pattern. How to do edge stitch embroidery For more information on how to use a PDF, go to our blog post explaining how to put together a print at home pattern using this pattern as an example.
A few months back, I did a post on the Peacocks of the 18th and 19th Centuries showing the elaborate embroidery done on the men’s court suits. Am I still
This vintage photo postcard shows three Tenek (Huastec) women from San Luis Potosi state wearing embroidered quechquemitl capes
Camille + Imran’s Mexico City wedding was a masterful mix of old world + modern aesthetics. And we’ve got to admit: we’re kind of head-over-heels for this historic, overgrown venue. Jardín Prim is a reclaimed beauty of a building in the heart of Mexico City that was constructed in the early 1900’s. There are sweeping...
China poblana refers to a piece of Mexican folkloric clothing, but there is also a legend behind the name.
Alex and Carlos got married under the beauty of the cottonwood trees during their Albuquerque wedding at the historic Robert Dietz Farmhouse.
Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.
H aïti, un pays mondialisé à mort _______________________ Illustration de Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848), issue de l'ouvrage : Voy...
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I have always been drawn to wild prints, unique textiles, over the top jewelry and headpieces/hats. Recently my affinity for these things makes me think a lot of one of my SHEro's: Frida Kahlo. Fashion is just another way I have always felt connected to her. I always admired her style as the only rules she adhered to were those of her own creation. She was very multi-faceted and her style ran the gamut from androgynous to historically haute, wearing traditional dresses/costumes of Mexico. She celebrated her heritage at a time when it was not so chic to do so and her counterparts in Mexico were heavily influenced by European fashion trends of the 1920's and 30's. She also celebrated who she was, in a raw way by choosing not to remove her facial hair or mono brow. She spent a lot of time alone due to the physical aftermath of a teenage accident and lifetime of associated health concerns. She expressed herself and feelings through not only her passionate paintings but her adornment as well (clothing/accessories) I wanted to showcase some of Frida's looks and how she STILL influences fashion. If you want to see her Kloset LIVE you have time to get to Mexico before the exhibition closes on November 22, 2013. Her parade of long, traditional Mexican dresses was three fold based on my research. She, always a rebel loved to wear the traditional Tehuana 'costumes' as a non verbal announcement of her leftist identification with the underclass (she had Communist views), also as a symbol of power and will as according to legend Tehuana women were the real figures of authority in their society. Diego (her husband and love of her life) adored this traditional dress. She also wished to hide one of her legs that was atrophied and underdeveloped due to a bout of Polio at age 6. Her accessories were as bold and bright as her garments and I read somewhere that you could 'hear" Frida coming before you could see her due to the layered necklaces and bracelets. Her styling philosophy was obviously 'more is more' and did not shy away from wearing fist fulls of rings, stacks of necklaces or multiple flowers and ribbons atop her head. Photo: Miguel Tovar Necklaces - C. 1932 On display Her influence on fashion remains strong today with MANY fashion editorials styled in the spirit of Kahlo. Her style has definitely had an impact on me. A hand made Vintage dress a-la-Frida. PURCHASE Gwen very Frida Fab! Images: Fredrik Wannerstedt for DV Mode Monica Bellucci - March 2013 Harpers Bazaar Ukraine Claudia Schiffer, German VOGUE, Photographed by Karl Lagerfeld Giovanna Battaglia in Dolce andGabbana FW13 at MET Gala Does FRIDA Inspire you? Let Kahlo inspire your 'Kloset' Vintage Caftan - $38 Vintage Printed Hostess Gown - $75 Vintage Bead and Lion Pendant Necklace - $48 Vintage Gold Tone Rope Necklace ~ $34 Vintage bright printed maxi dress ~ $70 Vintage cocktail ring - $60
Toen ik kortgeleden op de Duitse Autobahn achter een vreemd rijdende Duitse dame reed schoot me opeens een mooie term te binnen: Duitse muts. Die kende ik nog van een artikel over silhouetportretten van Dokkumer notabelen, die ik ooit op de website van de Sneuper heb gezet (en in de papieren Sneuper nr.63 van 2002) waarin dit bijzondere hoofddeksel de revue passeerde. Wat me nog het meest bijbleef was de omschrijving 'zo groot als een theetafeltje', van conservatrice van het Fries Museum Gieneke Arnolli. Alsof een paauw met zijn veren staat te pronken! Tot eind november 2008 is in Museum Admiraliteitshuis nog de tentoonstelling Kant! te zien. En daar zullen dan vast, naast prachtige met kant versierde mutsen, slopen, lakens uit de periode 1650 - 1950, ook Duitse mutsen te bezichtigen zijn. Met name de Dokkumer schilder/tekenaar Jacob Symons Bonga moet er van onder de indruk zijn geweest want zowel zijn vrouw Marike Wendelaar (door hun zoon Sjoerd, die ook Holdinga State afbeeldde) als enkele andere Dokkumer dames zijn er door hem eind 18e eeuw mee afgebeeld. Imponerend ! Overigens kom ik ook een J.S. Bonga tegen als commandant die samen met Hector Feugen de oproerkraaiers tot bedaren probeert te brengen tijdens het Kollumer Oproer van 1797. Zijn naam wordt twee keer genoemd in het boek van B.K. van der Veen. Als het dezelfde is dan is het wel een bijzondere carrierestap.
From a bestselling author in Mexico comes her English-language debut-an enthralling historical novel about the tragic reign of Empress Carlota of Mexico. It's 1863. Napoleon III has installed a foreign monarch in Mexico to squash the current regime. Maximilian von Habsburg of Austria accepts the emperor's crown. But it is his wife, the brilliant and ambitious Princess Charlotte, who throws herself passionately into the role. Known to the people as Empress Carlota, she rules deftly from behind the scenes while her husband contents himself with philandering and decorating the palace. But Carlota bears a guilty secret. Trapped in a loveless marriage, she's thrown herself into a reckless affair. Desire has blinded Carlota to its consequences, for it has left her vulnerable to her sole trusted confidante. Carlota's devious lady-in-waiting has political beliefs of her own-and they are strong enough to cause her to betray the empress and join a plot to depose her from the throne. As Carlota grows increasingly, maddeningly defenseless, both her own fate and that of the empire are at stake. A sweeping historical novel of forbidden love, dangerous secrets, courtly intrigue, and treachery, The Empress passionately reimagines the tragic romance and ill-fated reign of the most unforgettable royal couple of nineteenth-century Europe during the last throes of the Second Empire.
Facebookで流れて来た 18世紀後期の貴族の衣装の素晴らしい刺繍。美しい仕立てに 当時の職人の技能の高さを感じます。ピーターラビットの中の「グロスターの…
Empress Sisi greeting Empress Carlota of Mexico, her sister-in-law.
