Comments for The South is Blooming http://www.thesouthisblooming.com Hip stuff from Africa Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:05:16 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Comment on Waxing lyrical … in Arnhem! by nenoi http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/waxing-lyrical-in-arnhem/#comment-718 nenoi Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:05:16 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3475#comment-718 Lovely ! Lovely !

]]> Comment on So that’s where you went … by Marian http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/so-thats-where-you-went/#comment-711 Marian Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:02 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3404#comment-711 yay! looking forward to seeing them... yay! looking forward to seeing them…

]]> Comment on So that’s where you went … by Cath http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/so-thats-where-you-went/#comment-710 Cath Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:27:16 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3404#comment-710 What a great great idea! I love this post and I will send in pics of what I have... What a great great idea! I love this post and I will send in pics of what I have…

]]> Comment on New Year’s Evolutions with extra Mellow by Marian http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/new-years-evolutions-with-extra-mellow/#comment-700 Marian Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:03:40 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3373#comment-700 Thanks! It was a great place to be when the New Year kicked in : ) Thanks! It was a great place to be when the New Year kicked in : )

]]> Comment on New Year’s Evolutions with extra Mellow by Helen Greene http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/new-years-evolutions-with-extra-mellow/#comment-699 Helen Greene Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3373#comment-699 beautiful shot! you capture all the colours of the fynbos and dune vegetation gorgeously!! beautiful shot! you capture all the colours of the fynbos and dune vegetation gorgeously!!

]]> Comment on New Year’s Evolutions with extra Mellow by Marty http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/new-years-evolutions-with-extra-mellow/#comment-698 Marty Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:54:07 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3373#comment-698 What a good wish for the New Year! And I love the word 'dollop'. Lovely photograph too! What a good wish for the New Year! And I love the word ‘dollop’. Lovely photograph too!

]]> Comment on Blankets fit for a king by Garrick Davis http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/blankets-fit-for-a-king/#comment-660 Garrick Davis Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:06:15 +0000 http://thesouthisblooming.nl/?p=1866#comment-660 Originally from South Africa but resident for the past 40 yrs in England, I bought my first and only Lesotho blanket from a trading store in the Drakensberg in the early 1980s. It is a gem. Felted,doublefaced weave;royal blue one side and moss green the other. Two horizontal bands of diamond pattern bands at either end alternate in turquoise,red and yellow. Very robust and warm and ofcourse stiking. Contemporary versions appears flimsier in the hand.However, the traditional iconography and symbols are compelling and a big part of their appeal and uniqueness. Pity this couldn't be a catalyst for local design and production rather than imported from South Africa or the UK. Delighted that you are championing this. Originally from South Africa but resident for the past 40 yrs in England, I bought my first and only Lesotho blanket from a trading store in the Drakensberg in the early 1980s.

It is a gem. Felted,doublefaced weave;royal blue one side and moss green the other. Two horizontal bands of diamond pattern bands at either end alternate in turquoise,red and yellow. Very robust and warm and ofcourse stiking.

Contemporary versions appears flimsier in the hand.However, the traditional iconography and symbols are compelling and a big part of their appeal and uniqueness. Pity this couldn’t be a catalyst for local design and production rather than imported from South Africa or the UK.

Delighted that you are championing this.

]]> Comment on ‘Ethnic exotica’ and actual African awesomeness by cath http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/africa-en-vogue-burberry-wax-and-more/#comment-633 cath Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:24:21 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3312#comment-633 nice post lozy, maybe you should be a journalist??? nice post lozy, maybe you should be a journalist???

]]> Comment on ‘Ethnic exotica’ and actual African awesomeness by Anna Wintour in wax print | The South is Blooming http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/africa-en-vogue-burberry-wax-and-more/#comment-627 Anna Wintour in wax print | The South is Blooming Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:49:23 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3312#comment-627 [...] the coat is from Burberry’s S/S 2012 collection – see more on it here. This entry was posted in Clothing, Influences. Bookmark the permalink. ← Umculo Friday: [...] [...] the coat is from Burberry’s S/S 2012 collection – see more on it here. This entry was posted in Clothing, Influences. Bookmark the permalink. ← Umculo Friday: [...]

]]> Comment on Anna Wintour in wax print by Africa en vogue: Burberry wax and more | The South is Blooming http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/blog/anna-wintour-in-wax-print/#comment-626 Africa en vogue: Burberry wax and more | The South is Blooming Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:48:16 +0000 http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/?p=3000#comment-626 [...] Anna Wintour’s Vlisco coat? Well it’s from Burberry’s spring/summer 2012 collection, which featured wax print [...] [...] Anna Wintour’s Vlisco coat? Well it’s from Burberry’s spring/summer 2012 collection, which featured wax print [...]

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