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There are also entertaining, special ways to discover other cultures; try them!
Marion Gartler designs
one-of-a-kind vests from rare textiles. Each has hidden, inside
pockets that make carrying a purse unnecessary whether you’re
traveling around town or around the world. The Safekeeper Vest
collection is sold via residential trunk shows; for the current |
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Korean-born Christina Kim travels the |
Shankari, an Australian woman healer and mystic, designs with semiprecious stones
and works with 30 artisans who live on the
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Lotta Jansson, a
Swede who spent lots of time with her grandmother on a Finish
island, coupled her love of natural, organic textiles
and modern, urban style when she created her Lotta Jansdotter
collection of screen-printed linen tableware, bags, cushions,
stationery
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If you collect masks, want
an Italian mask
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Another Italy tip: Sofia
Casalnin’s Lo Spillo (“the
pin”) is the smallest shop in Florence, packed with pretty
antique and costume jewelry priced from $65 to $3500. |
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Viki Dyan creates
clothing from textiles made in Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Laos,
and Thailand. She also makes pillows, and jewelry. Her studio/showroom
in Santa
Rosa, California, is open by appointment. |
Androsia. In 1973 when the Bahamas became independent,
Rosi Birch co-founded Androsia to help local women become
economically independent. The beauty of Andros, an island
60 miles west of Nassau, inspires the colors and prints of their
beautiful batik clothing and home accessories. MORE |
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Next time you're invited
to a fancy party, really dress up---in a costume from another
country straight from a show like Amadeus, Evita, The King and
I, The Sound of Music, Brigadoon or Romeo
and Juliet. Or dress like a cultural icon such as a bagel.
You can rent all those outfits from The Costume
Bazaar, New Haven, Connecticut, which Mrs. Russell founded
long ago.
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Origins
is a remarkable store full of authentic ethnic clothing of
the most elegant, expensive type: embroidered red silk wedding dresses
from India; antique kimonos from Japan; silver headdresses from
the hill tribes of Thailand. If you want a traditional outfit
from almost anywhere in the world—or a unique, contemporary
one that was inspired by a traditional design, this store
is a dream come true.
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Cari ("car-ee" ) Borja's
designs play with ruffles in a way that delights both wearer and
observer. Equipped with a Masters from the School of Oriental and
African Studies at London University and a PhD in Anthropology from
Berkeley (her dissertation was about Jamaican Art), Cari designs
sophisticated, surprising clothes for women---and for baby girls
like her daughter, Royal, for whom her newest line is named. Paola
Gianturco loves the festive spirit of Cari's designs, and if you
attend a Celebrating Women book signing, you are likely
to see her wearing Cari's creations. But it's Cari's clothes for
infant girls’ that are completely unlike any other. |
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