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Post by nycgirl on Mar 27, 2013 3:22:15 GMT
More beautiful garments. Those colors really pop. I admit the title may not be something that immediately draws one in. Maybe you should call it unbe-weave-able. ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 27, 2013 3:51:20 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2014 3:48:35 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2014 4:26:25 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2014 4:46:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2014 4:49:41 GMT
Excellent collection and I am far from a clothes fanatic. I found myself wondering if fringes have always just been an artistic frill or if they were supposed to serve some purpose like keeping flies at bay.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2014 4:56:41 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jul 20, 2014 4:58:45 GMT
The colors are gorgeous. I especially love the reds in your last several photos!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2014 5:19:03 GMT
Thanks so much, Htmb. I really did feel that was saving the best for last. The rather loud garment with the satin collar might be woven of commercially dyed threads. However I think the magnificent skirt shown last is probably dyed with cochineal. This thread (another one with formatting messed up by the evil V5) might interest you: Tlapanochestli Cochineal FarmExcellent collection and I am far from a clothes fanatic. I found myself wondering if fringes have always just been an artistic frill or if they were supposed to serve some purpose like keeping flies at bay. Kerouac, the fringe results from the weaving process -- they're the warp threads, the longitudinal ones running the length of the fabric. If left to their own devices, they'd eventually unravel or at least pull and snarl. Thus, artistic weavers through the ages have devised attractive ways to stabilize those threads, with knotting, macrame, or braiding. You can clearly see the macrame in the close up of the last sash above, with braiding & pom-poms incorporated into the design. The weft threads -- those running parallel to the warp -- loop back at the end of each row & create the selvage, so no side fringes. Here is an excellent explanation of the weaving process, which also clearly shows why I'd starve to death if I had to weave for my livelihood: www.3springshandworks.com/Documents/Process.pdf
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Post by lagatta on Jul 20, 2014 11:28:18 GMT
I'm so glad you've revived this thread, as I'd missed it before! Lovely.
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Post by mich64 on Jul 20, 2014 16:27:16 GMT
Beautiful Bixa! The workmanship is outstanding and the colors are brilliant. I enjoyed seeing the new contemporary pieces, I particularly liked the second item, the fringed fitted top, oh and the purple dress! Actually there are too many items I like to mention them all from textiles, clothing, the dolls and the leather pieces. I would have no money left in my bank account if I visited there. I do not often buy much when I am on holiday, but I think I would be buying and mailing things home because I would have too much to fit into my suitcase.
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Post by breeze on Jul 20, 2014 22:05:26 GMT
Ohhhh. I hadn't seen this before. Everything is gorgeous. I would be so proud to wear any of those if I were from the region.
I'm not, so I'd happily make do with some of the white cotton clothing.
Close-ups of the thick embroidery on your flickr photos show meticulous work. A lot of this must be the work of grandmas, wanting their jeans-wearing granddaughters to have something beautiful and traditional in their lives.
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Post by htmb on Jul 21, 2014 11:56:57 GMT
Bixa, are there often vendors selling similar clothing near an exhibition such as this one?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 22, 2014 0:01:34 GMT
Thank you, LaGatta! Thanks so much, Mich. I sure wish you were here right now. The Guelaguetza is in full swing and people from every region of Oaxaca have brought their best stuff to town to sell. There are pavilions of stands on the pedestrian street and even more in the big park. Htmb, I'll check the next time I'm that way. I loved how appropriate contemporary goods were sold right next to the exhibit last time. It really showed how skills and traditions were still alive. Breeze, many of those garments are commonly sold to & worn by people with no relationship to the region or group who make them. The heavy skirts are usually not co-opted, but definitely all the blouses are, often teamed with jeans. Some of the dress-length huipiles are rendered in blouse length for modern consumption and there are innovations on traditional themes. The very flouncy huipiles are reserved for special occasions, but almost any other huipil can be seen on any woman at any time. A solid-colored skirt with a bit of flounce peeping out from under the huipil dresses it up beautifully. As a matter of fact, I was wearing a huipil from Amuzgo when I took those pictures. And handwork is still very much alive, even among young women and girls. Certain groups have not given up their traditional clothing at all, so it will be seen on females of all ages. Getting back to the stuff for sale, here's a peek at the park yesterday. The booths will stay there until August 3rd ~~
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Post by bjd on Jul 22, 2014 7:08:30 GMT
Beautiful bright colours in everything, as usual. I can imagine those coloured boots/shoes with black clothes. Not on me, of course, but on a fashion person.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 15:25:55 GMT
Absolutely gorgeous Bixa. You really captured it. I fell in love with the plaidish re bozo featured. I was hoping to see some bedspreads much like the one you purchased last year which I have been obsessed with ever since your posting of it after your last move. I guess I'll just have to come down there and get one.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 5, 2014 15:31:18 GMT
Yet another apology to you kind ladies about my tardiness in answering. (internet, time, commitment problems boringly explained elsewhere)At any rate, thank you! Bjd, you could certainly use those mules on the far right in the 2nd shoe pic in sunny southern France, no? Casimira, coming down for a bedspread sounds like a plan to me! I have no new bedspread photos to show, but will mention that people sometimes use the large woven pieces meant to be wrap-skirts for beds, hangings, or tables instead. Also, after my remarks to Kerouac about the fringe on woven fabric, I had occasion to examine a pozahuanco. To my surprise, it had a woven finish on all sides, an impressive weaving feat. And speaking of contemporary, did you see the modern takes on traditional clothing at #38 here? I think you'd really do justice to either of those black lace numbers.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 19:03:55 GMT
I will never understand women's shoes.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 2, 2015 22:12:39 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 21, 2016 7:29:31 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Feb 2, 2016 14:20:44 GMT
Bixa, looking over this thread again I must say it interested both of us very much. Beautiful photos, and those bright colours are something else!
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