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Category Archives: Ethnographic
The Squaw Dress
The term ‘Squaw dress’ is used to describe a two-piece dress with an aesthetic borrowed from the Southwest Apache, Navajo and Pueblo Native cultures that stretch between Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Similar styles known as Fiesta dresses borrowed … Continue reading
Canadian Fashion Connection – The Cowichan Sweater
Bulky knit sweaters are unquestionably a Canadian fashion. Their creation has been the result of a fusion of European and Native techniques and designs that developed over the last century. There is some confusion over what to call these bulky yarn sweaters … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian dress, Ethnographic, sportswear
Tagged bulky yarn knit, cowichan, curling, Mary Maxim
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Thobe (thawb) – Arabic for garment
Kenn picked this handy guide up when he was in Bahrain three years ago:
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