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cacao -- couture from the chocolate lands
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Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Second Life fashion inspired by Africa. Three shirts and three ties. This value pack of dress shirts look great with a vest or suit or on their own! Prim collar aand cuffs increase their sharp appeal. Each comes with a prim tie with a Zulu telephone wire pattern, and each can be mixed and matched for versatility! These two long-sleeved semi-casual shirts showcase West Africa’s favorite blue! Three shirts from waffled cloth. Yoruba tie-dyed cloth (. You are commen...
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cacao loving men, too! | cacao -- couture from the chocolate lands
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Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Second Life fashion inspired by Africa. Cacao loving men, too! Cacao took some pages out of the ladies book and added some men’s clothes with Telephone Wire ties or fashioned from indigo fabrics. Others don’t ostensibly link to Africa, but were inspired by remembered sights. These are my first forays into prim attachments, and I have to say I love working with them! Laquo; The Mood Indigo Creations. Date : August 11, 2009. Second Life African clothing. You are co...
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The First Creations | cacao -- couture from the chocolate lands
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Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Second Life fashion inspired by Africa. Strapless outfit with prim hem flounce. For Telephone Wire Weaving I chose a basket whose colors meshed with cacao’s logo–they in turn reflect the various shades of cocoa pods. Telephone Wire Pineapple Treat. This basket choice was prompted by the hair! Subdued colors that beckon male observers. For casual occasions, when you want to make an entrance! Laquo; Our First Line–Telephone Wire! Our Second Line: Mood Indigo. You a...
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cacao — couture from the chocolate lands | cacao -- couture from the chocolate lands
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Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Second Life fashion inspired by Africa. Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Our logo, the cocoa pod revealing future delicious chocolate, just as plywood boxes will turn to senses-swimming fashion! From the chocolate lands…. The blog will discuss the inspiration behind various items, comment on African textiles, and look at trends in Second Life fashion. Our First Line–Telephone Wire! Date : July 21, 2009. Second Life African clothing. Cacao loving men, too!
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The Mood Indigo Creations | cacao -- couture from the chocolate lands
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Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Second Life fashion inspired by Africa. The Mood Indigo Creations. This outfit has a hand-painted bodice and an asymmetrical flexiskirt made of Yoruba hand-woven cotton. This sexy, strappy top is paired with a playful flexiskirt; both are made of handwoven Yoruba cotton. These casual low heels will have you bouncing through Second Life, their cloth uppers fashioned with a tie-dyed cloth from Guinea. Is the Yoruba word for twin, while. Every couture season, cacao ...
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African Diaspora in SL: June 2009
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African Diaspora in SL. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Tonight, Tuesday June 30 at 6:30pm SLT, Acuminous Watanabe will facilitate a discussion of the feelings aroused by reliving the past. Acuminous is a skilled counsellor and director of the long-running SL/RL Relationships discussion group, and provides an inviting arena for conversation. 5:30 pm SLT Tues June 30- Guided tour of Middle Passage Experience, beginning here at Saminaka: http:/ slurl.com/secondlife/Saminaka/66/90/32. Wednesday, June 24, 2009.
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Our First Line–Telephone Wire! | cacao -- couture from the chocolate lands
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Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Second Life fashion inspired by Africa. Our First Line–Telephone Wire! Two views of a Zulu telephone wire basket. A number are finding their way to the U.S. through fair trade stores , and. Mastery of telephone wire by Zulu women. I like them, though. Along with flexi panels they give a sense of three-dimensionality and movement to clothing that is exceptional. How I wish I understood and could use 3-D to create my own. I must say it isn’t always easy to fi...
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Our Second Line: Mood Indigo | cacao -- couture from the chocolate lands
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Cacao — couture from the chocolate lands. Second Life fashion inspired by Africa. Our Second Line: Mood Indigo. Indigo dye pits in Kano, Nigeria. Indigo has been West Africa’s most popular dye for centuries. Its colors range from the palest of baby blue to an almost black shade, depending on the thread or cloth’s submersion in the dye. Indigo is often overdyed, even sprinkled in powdered form on a cloth and pounded into it to create a rich sheen. Weavers commonly produce stripes with indigo thread, buy d...
