Monday, December 29, 2008

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Sruli Recht Xiengkok Bow-Ties

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:55 PM PST

Now this is a story, all about how Jonathan Roquemore’s life got flipped-turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, I’ll tell you how he found a unique textile for bow-ties in a town called Xiengkok.

Seriously.

Several years ago, (or so the legend goes,) “Swiss-based Texan Light- Anthropologist” Jonathan Roquemore traveled by plane, bus, pickup truck, and foot to a place called Xiengkok (between Laos and Burma).
In Xiengkok he spoke with local “Laantan” tribe which spun a special cloth. This cloth, knew he, was potentially the “ODB” of bow- tie material.

It was his knowledge of a certain cloth that led this man there, for the Lantaan produce a distinct weave for their traditional dress from locally grown cotton, woven in narrow lengths and twice hand dyed in indigo found in the Indigofera plants of Asia.

The man who made these scrolls of cloth thought Roquemore, the first “man of white pigments” he’d seen in “8 solar months,” was totally whack for wanting them. But Roquemore was a good dealer, and they made a trade.

Skip a few days ahead, and BAM.

The clothing people Srulirecht put their hands on this material and it turns right into bow-ties. Bow-ties from Xiengkok.

Designer: Sruli Recht

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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Best of Yanko Design 2008

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 07:32 AM PST

With just a week left in the year we've wrapped up our best of the year designs in one big post for your reading pleasure. 2008 has been an eventful and inspiring year, and it's hard to put all the top news in one place; still, if there's one Yanko Design article you want to bookmark this year, this should be it.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

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