Category: Storie
The Incurisive Fashion Heritage Stories post category explores the rich cultural narratives behind traditional and contemporary textile pratcices. It delves into how clothing, accessories, crafts and textile practices that reflect personal identity, social roles, and cultural heritage. Through storytelling, it highlights the evolution of fashion and textiles as a symbol of history, tradition, and self-expression.
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Londoners Uniform Unpacked: A Breakthrough
1 Contemporary traditions and regional ethnic diversity I wear clothes every single day without thinking about what they mean. Why because the Western culture I live in has no customs or traditions relating to clothing, apart from wedding rings, makeup, crucifixes and countless other things that we overlook because the West is the dominant culture.… Read More
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The Circle of life in art
Melany C., born in Limassol, Cyprus, in 1999, is an artist whose practice delves deeply into themes of transformation and rebirth. Read More
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The Disappearing Art of Maghreb’s Facial Tattoos
1 The challenge of documenting Maghreb’s facial tattoos Efforts to document indigeous facial tattoos are hindered by the predominantly oral nature of the region’s cultural traditions. Written resources on this topic are scarce, and the dominance of Western interpretations, particularly from an Orientalist perspective, has skewed the narrative around these tattoos. This creates a distorted… Read More
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