I am always ridiculously overcome with joy when I see a designer use a technique I've learned about in school. In the Fall 2007 Balenciaga collection there were some beautiful dresses (pictured below) which perfectly utilized a dyeing technique called Ikat (pronounced eee-kaht.) Ikat is very complex and delicate and involves dyeing or painting the yarn before it is woven with.
Here is a crazy old Indonesian textile that uses Ikat!
Is that guy getting his junk eaten by a lobster!? I feel bad for him!!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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"Is that guy getting his junk eaten by a lobster!? I feel bad for him!"
hahahahahahaha It's fantastic all by itself, but your commentary makes it that much more memorable
It has earned many accolades from people.I am thinking to open a fan page on facebook for this wonderful thing. Swimwear
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