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Designs That Inspire: Nimita Rathod

Thursday, April 30, 2009

 
In case you’re not familiar with the world of Indian high fashion, let me let you in on a little secret: it’s fabulous. 
I was reminded of this again last week when I got an email from my friend Nimita Rathod. She included a link to her 2009 organic cotton loungewear because she thought I might [...]

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Crewel work: Connect the Dots

Friday, April 3, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I wandered into a needle arts exhibit at an Athenæum in Portsmouth New Hampshire when I encountered a piece of antique embroidery that looked eerily familiar. The tag said that I was looking at a piece of crewel embroidery from New England circa 1870. The strange thing was that it [...]

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Made in the Sultry Subcontinent

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Last month while promoting my clothes at a green lifestyle expo, a woman asked me where my clothes are made. I said, “in India,” she responded by wrinkling her nose and saying “that’s too bad.”
Why is it so bad to make clothing in India?!

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