Tag Archives: textiles

Kimono Scarves

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Lynn

My passionate love of kimono began maybe twenty years ago at a booth selling old textiles on my college campus. While the students were buying t shirts and jewelry at other stalls, I stood dumbstruck in front of a small … Continue reading →

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Fan Mail for Jhane Barnes

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Lynn

Perhaps you have never heard of Jhane Barnes, born in 1954, but she is one of my very favorite designers. I hunt for her menswear on ebay, primary silk or cotton sweaters, and refashion them to fit me. So far … Continue reading →

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Sheila Hicks—A Life in Textiles

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Lynn

As a lover of all things having to do with yarn and thread, it pains me to admit that I only learned about the famous textile artist Sheila Hicks from a recent article in the New York Times. She made … Continue reading →

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Sonia Delaunay—In Living Color

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Lynn

This summer I have been reading a lot about the Russian born French artist and textile designer Sonia Delaunay, mainly to console myself for missing a big exhibit of her work in London. Born in Ukraine in 1885, she was … Continue reading →

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Book Review—An American Style: Global Sources for New York Fashion and Textile Design, 1915-1928 by Ann Marguerite Tartsinis

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Lynn

When I first discovered the work of Jessie Franklin Turner, I thought she was a fashion original. Imagine having the vision to turn to museum collections as your main source of inspiration. In this short book, a companion volume to … Continue reading →

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