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Me Musing .
. . February
22,
2007
So much for
Spring-like weather!
It began snowing
those BIG cotton-ball flakes yesterday morning and continued all
day and through the night. By this morning here we are with 12"
of much needed snow.
So
today will be a 'play day' as I watch the snow plow go up and down
the road!
Last
night I drew off a 'Noh coat' pattern of Bonnie Cashin's design.
She was designing between the 30's (costumes
for the Roxy Theatre in New York, then on to Hollywood for 20th
Century Fox) and into the 90's until her death in 2000 at
the age of 84.
Her
'signature' Noh coat was an unlined, sleeve/sleeveless T-shaped
coat with deeply cut armholes.
Her
basic idea was 'to create simple
art forms for living in to be re-arranged as mood and activity
dictate'!
After visiting
Japan in 1950 and seeing the kimono, she got the idea of designing
garments that could be layered, using textures, shapes, colour to
create wardrobes of kinetic art.
She gave us
the 'funnel necklines', used organic materials to 'sculpt' garments
rather than 'stressing' the fabric with seams and darts and zippers
(I looooove that idea
as I have stayed away from zippers for 30 years!!!!!);
and especially liked to use non-fashion materials ~ like upholstery
fabrics in her designs. (Sound
familiar????? I certainly must be cut from the same cloth!!!)
There is a
great site showing her work thanks to the UCLA
Library.
This photo
was taken in 1948 showing her in one of her sleeveless Noh coats,
ready to leave for Paris (obviously
not just an overnight jaunt from the looks of the luggage!).
Well,
with the snow making it impossible to get the car out of the garage
to head off to some exotic place, I'll just opt for searching
to see what 'non-fashion materials'
I have in the 'stash closet' that
I can try this design on!
P.S.
late in Feb.
I
did finish my Noh coat . . . back to 'Groundhog Brown' . . . but
it will be a good 'go over anything' fall and winter wrap for next
season and it co-ordinates with all the other Groundhog pieces!
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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