American Indian women’s headscarves – After Part I and II, here, I am at continuing the topic Why do women wear headscarves? For the concept of “Scarf as a cultural signifier”, the authors of the exhibition have chosen several examples from the cultural milieu of indigenous Latin American Indians. These are the Incas of Peru, …
Why do women wear headscarves? Part II: Cases of women from the Middle East and North Africa
Covering women Immigrants and at Homeland – becomes a big issue with the Crisis of World Order. Especially since the 1980s, when it caused massive population migrations. The women are in a dilemma between the rooted traditions of the world from which they escaped and fitting into the new environment. In this case, it is …
Why do women wear headscarves? – Part I – Are you interested in the relationship between a woman, her headscarf, and the rest of the world?
Why do women wear headscarves? – The complex concept of the exhibition, visually and meaningfully, draws conclusions and raises questions. In my opinion, the author’s team did an excellent job presenting the ways of reading the meaning of the scarf and its different applications. The authors of the exhibition laid bare the stereotypes of attribution, …
Novi Sad promoting Textiles – As the European Capital of Culture in 2022
Novi Sad promoting Textiles – For half a year now, Novi Sad has been presenting cultural values. Therefore, we all enjoy the most beautiful face of the European Capital of Culture. “Novi Sad 2022’ program” comes out of the slogan ‘4 New Bridges’ (Rainbow, Freedom, Love, and Hope). This one represents the idea of building …
Remodeling dresses into different clothes – That’s how we used to renew clothes for the new season
Remodeling dresses into different clothes – From the late 1050s and 1960s, here I will describe remodeling several garments. Because they marked the clothes of my childhood and youth. It also illustrates the common practice of transforming better-preserved clothes into a new robe. Remodeling dresses – The late 50s and early 60s of the last …
Texas trends Rifle Trieste – Blue Jeans – My experiences in the former Yugoslavia and Serbia
Texas trends Rifle Trieste – As a contemporary of the ever-increasing global phenomenon of jeans, in this post, I will describe my personal experience of expanding that fashion. In my teens, jeans were the privilege of a minority of fashion fans in a small town. But now, half a century later, it is relaxing everyday …
Jeans — a timeless phenomenon — how they are made and Raw Denim then and now
Jeans of Selvage Raw Denim – In addition to interesting facts about Jeans, durability, weaving, raw denim, something from history. We also learn new possibilities for your choice of a new pair for spring 2022. Now you can get a new dark blue pair of raw jeans that will shape your body and fade as …
Craft Entrepreneurship Fair 2022 – Novi Sad, March 22, 2022
Craft Entrepreneurship Fair 2022, the Provincial Secretariat for Economy and Tourism organized a special event, held on 21. and 22. March in in the “Master” Congress Center, aims to provide support to local craftsmen and entrepreneurs. For many years, has been paid special attention to preserving traditional crafts and domestic handicrafts. Approximately 30 exhibitors and …
Recognizing different weave interlaces – Let’s find out the way of recognizing different weave interlaces in the obtained textile structure?
Recognizing different weave interlaces – if you pay attention to the texts of a catalog, either museum or textile works of art, you will notice an abundance of descriptions of visual effects. They relate in part to the materials from which they are made. But omitted to dwell on a closer definition of the type …
Prehistoric Spindle and Weaving Loom – Ethnologist in Archeological issues
I may study prehistoric spindle and loom as the origin of textiles because as an ethnologist I have this ability. As well observe similarities between the facts I am trying to explain and the facts I already know from ethnological practice. Analogies serve that at my research procedures. However, archeology has excavated finds that must …