{"id":9836,"date":"2014-06-16T05:31:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T09:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2014-06-16T05:31:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T09:31:42","slug":"african-fashion-confusion-a-muddy-situations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/african-fashion-confusion-a-muddy-situations\/","title":{"rendered":"African Fashion Confusion: A Muddy Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adire-before-content\" id=\"adire-3932031707\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/amp_adiree_mag_top\">\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/06\/africa-fashion-week-mud-cloth-textile-adiree-pr2-610x2422.png\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11647 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/06\/africa-fashion-week-mud-cloth-textile-adiree-pr2-610x2422.png\" alt=\"africa-fashion-week-mud-cloth-textile-adiree-pr2-610x242\" width=\"610\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/06\/africa-fashion-week-mud-cloth-textile-adiree-pr2-610x2421.png\" rel=\"mfp\"><br \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are many textiles or fabrics, prints and designs we are sure you have seen and perhaps defined as \u201cAfrican.\u201d As the travel season is among us, and many are placing their culture on display\u2014especially during the World Cup extravaganza\u2014we wanted to ensure that you are fully packed with knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/06\/africa-fashion-week-textiles-mudcloth-adiree.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9856 alignleft lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/06\/africa-fashion-week-textiles-mudcloth-adiree-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"africa-fashion-week-textiles-mudcloth-adiree\" width=\"351\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a>A textile we will focus on today is the Mud cloth (bogolanfini). The Mud cloth\u2019s origin is distinctive to the Bamana people of Mali, West Africa. Undergoing a process of stitching (by hand) and resist-dyed, Mud Cloth\u2019s distinctive richness and quality is preserved.<\/p>\n<p>In fashion, you\u2019ll see the fabric woven into loose-fitting tops for men, and feminine-fitted skirts for women.<\/p>\n<p>Seydou Nourou Doumbia, known as Chris Seydou, was a Malian fashion designer known for his use of traditional Malian fabrics, particularly Mud Cloth.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it our \u2014 brief synopsis, our stylish puns, our not-so-hilarious jokes all combined to provide you with a\u2014style bible for international glamour.<\/p>\n<p>Hope we\u2019ve cleaned up any muddied (unclear) thoughts towards Africa\u2019s original textiles.<\/p>\n<p>Any which way, go in style and brilliance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adire-after-content\" id=\"adire-1081536202\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/amp_adiree_mag_bott\">\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 &nbsp; There are many textiles or fabrics, prints and designs we are sure you have seen and perhaps defined as \u201cAfrican.\u201d As the travel season is among us, and many are placing their culture on display\u2014especially during the World Cup extravaganza\u2014we wanted to ensure that you are fully packed with knowledge. A textile&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[169,171,170,172],"tags":[223,230,2849,116,180,2850,2851,1649,2852,2853,2854,1133,2855,2856,2857],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}