A New Twist On Sarongs
Think Sarongs. In your mind you see: white sand
beaches, glittering aqua water. Leisurely days and tall rum-flavored
drinks. At nite, the breeze off the ocean cools your sun-warmed skin.
The sarong; the ultimate casual cover-up for the island lifestyle....
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HISTORY OF SARONGS
Sarongs are the indigenous form of dress for both
men and women in
tropical climates all over the world. Each culture has a different name
for them (PAREO, a wraparound, pareau (Tahiti), pakome(Thailand),
lava-lava (Samoa), kain (Indonesia), sulu (Fiji), canga (Brazil), malo
(Tonga), lunghi, etc. )but they are all simply yardage of fabric in one
size or another that is wrapped and tied on the body with no sewing
whatsoever.....More
Fire in the Sky. The Colorful
Transformation of Jasmine Sky
New York City in November. Cold. Gray. No hope of
spring for one damn long time. Just about as far from a tropical dream
that you can get. Jasmine stared out the window of the diner at the
parade of bundled pedestrians in their breakneck speed to nowhere. She
paid the check and shouldering into her bright blue coat headed back to
her day job at Merrill Lynch. Once a professional dancer Jasmine had
burnt out on the profession-or rather her body had from the pounding
the profession takes. But it had also stopped filling the need she had
to fill herself with expression, light and color. She had left that
world and unsure of what was next, limped into this new gray
existence....More
Dressing Up the Caribbean Undress Code
In New York, it seems the Hip-Hop generation has
grown into Mark Ecko's new Cut and Sew collection, which recently
debuted with crisp linen jackets and relaxed-collar suits in bright
hues and creative textures like denim and gabardine. But the Caribbean
undress code came of age in Key West more than a decade ago with
brightly colored linens by Victoria Lesser....More
The Secrets of Silk
When the Bombyx mori moths spun their mile-long
threads of silken
cocoons in an emperor's garden more than 5,000 years ago, they spiraled
into motion an eternal fascination with a magical fabric we still
relish today....More
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