Word: macramania
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...macramé has been co-opted, and is being taught in churches and schools all over the country. An Irvine, Calif., country club has just commissioned a $3,000 room divider by Libby Flatus, a leading practitioner. Reports Ernie Austin, who runs a small shop in Manhattan called Macramania: "My customers run from longhairs to squares of all colors, shapes and sizes." A major supplier of macramé material is Pacific Fiber and Rope of Wilmington, Calif. Owner Carl Goldman reports macramé interest is "overwhelming . . . enormous. A year ago, we had maybe zero accounts in macram...
...months, he should be turning out vests, dresses, overskirts, ponchos and other body coverings. Highly skilled artists like Mrs. Bernard concentrate on enormously intricate wall hangings. A much smaller but equally intriguing macramé work is a bikini of nylon strands selling for $32.50 at Manhattan's Macramania. Is the garment lined? "Good Lord, no," says Austin, "but the knots are pretty close together...
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