Word: craftswomen
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...Helped by a British development grant, the embroidery project started out small, but the quality of its product soon got the attention of the international fashion industry. Today, form-hugging jeans and sexy silk blouses embroidered by the traditional craftswomen of Siwa grace the catwalks of Milan for Italian designer Ermanno Scervino, while the brand name Siwa Creations sells in exclusive outlets in Turin, Florence, London, Paris and New York. "We wanted to make an authentic line that was wearable by a modern woman anywhere in the world," says Laila proudly...
SOME OF CATHY DEALE'S BEST-SELLING products have nautical and shell motifs, even though many of the Zulu women who embroider them have never even seen the ocean, let alone a sailboat. But they don't seem to mind. Thanks to Deale's importing business, the craftswomen near Durban, South Africa, are living much better than ever before...
Deale stumbled into her business when she was on an overseas trip. A native of South Africa, she had owned a corporate-gift company there before immigrating to the U.S. with her husband in 1997. When she went back to visit, Deale saw beautifully detailed embroidery made by Zulu craftswomen. "I just knew people would want them here," she says. Although the women have "extraordinary natural talents in beading, weaving and stitching," she says, the Zulu artisans were either illiterate or barely educated. She discovered that many of their husbands had died of AIDS, which has ravaged the country. "Many...
...German sex shops have become buyers of their flimsy, colorful crochet lace thongs. A website promoting the area (www.koniakow.com) also accepts online orders for the racy garments, which cost about $30 per thong. But be aware that there's a 10-day waiting period: Koniaków's craftswomen are having a hard time keeping up with demand...
...king Amazon.com Shop by age, brand, category or price; check out the new GIFTSRUS.COM service or click over to IMAGINARIUM.COM for more educational items. Seen enough Playmobil people to last a lifetime? MAGICCABIN.COM goes back to basics, with lovely toys, dolls and clothes homemade by a community of Wisconsin craftswomen. ROSIEHIPPO.COM, a mom-and-pop business in Port Townsend, Wash., sells easels and other art supplies, dollhouses, puppets, even kid-size sheepskin hats (click Assorted Treasures). QUINCYSHOP.COM has a huge toys-and-games area; don't miss the Timeless section, with its sock-monkey dolls and little green plastic soldiers...