Many would argue that, it is great, done for money and meet the expectations of the funder.
I have this favourite skirt of mine its traditionally deep blue, loud red, grass green and black. Going more into detail it dominates of African patterns, loud red is the background colour, deep blue are the trimmings around the skirt, black are a sequence of line squares, triangular lines and curve lines all going around. The cut of the skirt is 100% traditional. Art? Fashion?
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| The gallery of Fashion and Art. |
FAFA... Festival for African Fashions and Art
The Festival for African Fashion and Arts (FAFA) was set-up in 2008 during the post-election violence which took place in Kenya. As many countries throughout the region continue to know human rights abuse, civil unrest and war, FAFA aims to change perceptions of other communities one mind at a time by exploring and bridging cultures through fashion, art and music.Annually FAFA has more than one event in showcasing and exploring their objectives namely the FAFA 2012 finale dubbed "FAFA INSIGHT" will be held June 30, 2012, Fashion For Peace Gala November 17, 2012 and the showcase from May 1-5 2012 in Nairobi.
Simpson wrote about her brother Steve Jobs: This doesn’t change the fact that it’s really good! I’ve never heard fashion and art defined with such wry accuracy.
I just wonder if we can’t make it tighter. Let’s try a little editing exercise.
Mona Simpson’s version:
“Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.”What if we tighten as much of it as we can?
“Fashion seems beautiful now but ugly later. Art can be ugly at first but becomes beautiful later.”What if we get rid of the negative words?
“Fashion seems beautiful now. Art becomes beautiful later.”It needs a little bit of work for sense. What if we try it this way?
“Fashion is beautiful today. But only art will be beautiful tomorrow.”
IM GLAD THAT NOW I CAN DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FASHION AND ART.THIS IS TRUE THAT FASHION AND ART ARE MARRIED THEY GO ALL TOGETHER.
ReplyDeletei think I should visit the gallery of Fashion and Art,where is it?
ReplyDeleteI'm not in to fashion but i am in to art idon't know where that leaves me but anytime when africans get to express themselves it's good especially if we are creating our own designs and not copying or accepting the status quo
ReplyDeleteyeah where can one find the gallery of fashion and art i would like to go there and see what its all about
ReplyDeleteYes Una there is a fine line between the two though and there is a loft in Cape Town and in Narobi other than that there is a gallery of fashion arts. At Phemelo i think you just in to art though its the same as art, ART, Art and fashion, FASHION, Fashion.
ReplyDeleteIt is really funny how some peolpe confuse fashion and art. Some peole dress up and end up looking like high class paintings. It is a good thing that we have just got schooled right here.
ReplyDeleteIl forgive them because they just miss the fine line between the 2
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