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Pag THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November 18 1889 Fashion A stitch in time Blouses can fondly embrace embroidery One of my most treasured posses sions comes from my college days a workshirt that I embroidered during a long car trip to Marthas Vineyard The fabric is now tissuethin and fad ed to the most pale of blues but the chain stitching around the collar and button placket the rainbow on the pocket and the flowers on the collar corners are still bright and sturdy Al though I dont dare wear this fragile shirt its a very personal piece of folk art with symbols from a past era The charm of folk art is that allure of distant places at distant times rendered simply Centuries ago wom en would spend hours embellishing practical clothes with dec orations As if embroidering flour- ishes into the stories of their lives these worn stitch in place garlands hoi and flowers as well as familiar symbols and scenes I dont find a lot of time to In a few years after Storper received a degree in Latin American studies he opened a store named Putumayo after a South American river valley Storper stocked this New York City store with the treasures and trinkets found dur ing his extensive travels With the ex otic excitement of a foreign bazaar attracted shoppers bored with sleek boutiques Over the years has expanded three stores in Manhattan branches in Bos ton Princeton and Washington Its also a popular line in special ty stores across the country yo never meandered far from its orig inal creative path Storper has cultivated the craftmanship found in Mexico Portugal and India into cloth ing that can be worn for casual or of fice wear The creative team recently made a pilgrimage to research the handicrafts of Scandina via for the stores autumn line Most of our inspiration came from their folk crafts of the and I9tt century explains Judith spokeswoman for Putumayao The designers found that some patterns especially flowers that were favored by certain families or regions A deli cate snowflake pattern on a handwo- ven 19th century Norwegian blanket inspired Putumayos print And delicate flakes drift down the placket of the new Gustav shirt Putu mayo who also offers embroidered sweaters and skirts used bright col ors and biblical motifs like Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge as well as animal figures especially reindeer We always try to capture the spirit of a country but we give our designs a contemporary twTst explains And as always offers af fordable clothes most of the embroi dered blouses are under that have an heirloom potential of their own The French Connection also offers embroidered shirts under but theyve taken an exotic twist by using black fabric and glittery threads The flowery vine on black or white blouses brings to mind those beaded sweaters from the and sari prints from India Theres also a mountain scene that was Inspired by Portu guese blouses and a shirt with large flowers on the collar and cuffs which are embroidered along the edges This year its easy to find Dont label yourself toobuttoned down to consider the light touches Eclectic embroidery makes Todd Oldhams blouses for Times special Sprigs of flowers grace one shirt and its matching vest while others have freeform patterns of elegant leaves or scroll work Oldham just doesnt put a dainty patch of embroidery PUTUMAYO OFFERS shirts and skirts embroidered with motifs in spired by 18th and century Scan dinavian folk art The colorful work should brighten any winter day now even though months ago I bought thread to sew a of flow ers on the placket of a blouse Cant find the right blouse is my official excuse but theres another reason for my procrastination This year its easy to find beautiful embroidered blouses Dont label yourself toobuttoned down to consider the light touches of Americana embroidery that the Gap adds to denim and parchmentcolored cotton shirts under Pick a sweet chain of daisies which stretches along the button placket or select a simple design to add interest to a V- neck sweater or vest At the Gap these embroidered designs seem to be another way to stretch American tra dition into place Blending foreign folklore with fash ion has always been Dan Storpers The Georgetown Choral Society presents of featuring Puccinis Gloria Nov Brampton and Nov 25th 26th Georgetown Knox Church Tickets are Adults Students Seniors and are available at Oxbow Books from Choir Members or by calling 2 GEORGETOWN PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTO GREETING CARDS from 110 126 135 colour negs multiples of 10 PHOTO 599 POSTER CALENDAR 20x24 inch plus a beautiful 5x7 colour enlargement Off 135 A 120 negs MILTON PHOTO 8783361 GEO PHOTO Marketplace Plaza 8731237 THE ACTON PHOTOSHOP Mill St 8534814 FANCIFUL DESIGNS and details make Todd Oldhams shirts special HIsTimes 7 line is distributed by On ward Kashiyama and can be found in many department stores along the placket he can put a larger- thanlife lily across a shirt yoke Op he puts a color block behind the embroidery A science project Is how Oldham describes his design approach He may experiment with stitch size and use atomic or design shapes but Oldhams method isnt pure sci ence Some of his freewheeling de signs reminded me of Alexander Cat- mobiles flattened to one dimension and Calder Would have Oldhams bending wire into of whimsical spirals and ran dom objects One shirt graced with wire buttons In the shape of seven his lucky number reveals bis supersti tious side Oldham likes the idea of incorpo rating folklore into his creations His sketches are inspired by his travels and by his visits to flea markets He can trace an arabesque motif back to childhood years spent in Iran He de cided to put arrowhead buttons on a shirt after visiting a natural history museum in Dallas where both his family and the Times factory are lo cated Oldhams shirts range from to and part of this years science project was creating some for men As Oldham says It can be subtle but embroidery makes things come to life NEWSPAPER 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