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Spring/Summer 2010 Trends: Asian Prints (Ikats from Uzbekistan conquer the fashion world)
The Fashion Time Magazine ^ | Mar 1st, 2010 | The Fashion Time Magazine

Posted on 03/07/2010 10:26:20 AM PST by Mister Ghost

Asian prints are having their big moment again! In 2008, ikats, handmade-and-dyed prints, which originated among the weavers of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan, and involve “a great amount of precision of tying and dyeing silk yarn in order to achieve a desired pattern…” conquered the fashion world, thanks to the efforts of Oscar de la Renta.


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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Society; The Guild
KEYWORDS: art; fashion; uzbekistan; weaving
They are really beautiful and exotic looking.
1 posted on 03/07/2010 10:26:20 AM PST by Mister Ghost
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To: Mister Ghost

I especially like the little orphan Annie one.
( just messin with you )


2 posted on 03/07/2010 10:36:15 AM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: Mister Ghost

But the models scare me.


3 posted on 03/07/2010 10:44:02 AM PST by stormer
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To: Mister Ghost

I really like the third dress in the first pic. I’d buy it.

But the others are too busy-looking for my eyes.


4 posted on 03/07/2010 10:54:30 AM PST by BlessedBeGod (New Wizard of Oz: Pelosi as the Wicked Witch of the West & Michelle as the Wicked Witch of the East.)
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To: BlessedBeGod

Looks like it will be at least one more year before any new clothes in this house.


5 posted on 03/07/2010 11:21:56 AM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Mister Ghost

Why does Louis Vuitton hate that blond model so much? What did she ever do to him? If one were nasty and wanted to deliberately try to publicly ridicule and humiliate someone, one might force them to wear that hair.


6 posted on 03/07/2010 11:34:55 AM PST by married21
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