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Model on right is wearing a married woman's costume. Note her hair is covered as was the tradition. Textile historian discussing shirt construction with conference participant Andrea Milde holding shirt Akio Hamatani (1947-). W-Orbit, 2010. Rayon, indigo; special technique. Diameter approximately 157 in. (400 cm). Carol D. Westfall takes a look at Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers, which is runs September 16 — December 18 at Japan Society Galleries, 333 East 47th Street, New York, New York | 
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106 x 112 cm Jean Pierre Avonts-Saint Lager; During my younger and tender age, I was about 9 or 10 years old, it was in the fifties, I was living in Carcassonne (south of France), with my parents and my youngest brother. At that time, my mother used to have her dresses made by a woman about sixty called Mrs Rossignol (rossignol is the french word for nightingale). I often went with my mother the days she tried on her new clothes. One day this grandma gave me some pieces of silk and a catalogue with many pictures of beautiful dresses by Dior, Nina Ricci, Elsa Schiaparelli, Mrs Gray, Lanvin and others. This is just one of the 31 men who exhibited in the "Fibermen" International Exhibition of Contemporary textile art at Kherson Local Lore Museum, Kherson, Ukraine October 18-29 2011, presented by "Scythia" Textiles
 People gathered in front of The Seamless Textile display at the opening of the Texere opening during the Kaunas Textile Biennial you can read Alice Kettle's review of this exhibition inside
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