DISCOVERY

I have stumbled across this photographer called Phyllis Galembo who I have gone slightly mad over. I love this side of research because you discover people that you would never have really been looking for but actually get really influenced by. She considers herself to be a fine artist and photographer and a lot of her work or possibly all of it resides around African culture. It is Galembo's collection of images from her 'maske' collection that fascinate me. She has used traditional African carnival participants as the subject and I could not believe the colour and craftmanship (and actual style!) that goes into these costumes that they wear. I think I will look at this for the knit workshop because of all the colours and textures. Take a lookeylook>>

DOWN PLAYED

COLOUR IS BEAUTIFUL

you don't see that everyday...

thinking about the context in which something is put in. It really can change to whole impact of a garment.. These are traditional african colours and prints yet made into modern day forms and very figure hugging femenine dresses compared to the usual robe like forms that the fabric is used for.

AFRICAN FASHION IS EVERYWHERE.. and is constantly being re-worked

AFRICAN QUEEN .

I had to put up these pictures from a photoshoot of Liya Kebede by Paolo Roversi. The styling was inspired by traditional African attire and the way in which they were shot is so beautiful. Kebede is stunning and the colour's compliment her skin tone so well. I obviously was drawn to it for textiles reasons and the African feel but the composition on the whole is lovely