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To: Mo1; ValerieUSA; restornu; sweetliberty; Darksheare; null and void; westmex; Canadian Outrage; ...
Here's one I just tried. Never made a pan.



1,915 posted on 11/08/2005 8:40:55 AM PST by grannie9 (Between slobs, dogs, and Englishmen, I'm always in hot water.)
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WHILE PARIS BURNS NORDSTROM PROVIDES DESIGNER VAILS!

fashion Hijab Chic

The Nordstrom show is part of a growing trend: Western retailers and designers are beginning to market directly to Muslim women. CLICK TO CON'T

In 2000, for instance, European designers Yves Saint-Laurent and Jean-Paul Gaultier showed at the International Festival of African Fashion in Niger while ultraconservative Muslims paraded through the streets in protest of the "satanic" presentation.

A 2004 Hermes ad featured two women with the dark hair, dark eyes, and olive skin of many Middle Easterners and wearing the company's iconic scarves wrapped around their heads in the Muslim style of hijab.

(When asked, the Hermes advertising department would say only that its marketing pitch is "global.") And a little over a week ago, French designer Judith Duriez, co-owner of the Dubai-based company Arabesque, debuted her fall 2005 collection of "sheilas" (veils) and "abayas" (gowns) for the cloaked Muslim woman.

These fashions, traditional long black gowns (the color is one rule Duriez refuses to break), are enhanced by non-traditional accents such as mother-of-pearl trimmings and chiffon ribbons.

1,917 posted on 11/08/2005 9:08:42 AM PST by restornu (me and my Ghost strolling down the ave!)
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To: grannie9

that looks outwest...

What a pan?


1,920 posted on 11/08/2005 9:24:13 AM PST by restornu (me and my Ghost strolling down the ave!)
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To: grannie9
Dang Gran.......where're the fish?

:-)

1,921 posted on 11/08/2005 9:55:27 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: grannie9

i like that Grannie, That's cute.


1,922 posted on 11/08/2005 9:58:04 AM PST by Sundog (cheers)
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To: grannie9

Beautiful!


1,973 posted on 11/08/2005 4:53:02 PM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile.)
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