Pagne tendency: the fabric that blowing in the catwalks is also the theme of Africa, the new collection by Lebole Gioielli. Promoted by emerging designers with such a success that cross the borders of their countries, is not only a garment but a symbolic language and social identity typically African. So, it is rooted in the culture of the continent. And that’s why the outlines in lightweight wooden of the asymmetrical earrings, are a mask with the face’s details in fabric, to match with the map of Africa covered with cloth, or the female figure with a long fluttering skirt. The pagne, usually in cotton, is made with the wax-print technique born in Holland in the late nineteenth century. It consists in cover several times some parts of the fabric with wax and impregnate the remainder with various dye products, up to apply colors to the fabric with wooden pads, to get precise motives and shapes, with a religious significance also. In this case, however, the concept expressed is the one of solidarity: Lebole with the collection Africa supports the campaign Con le donne per vincere la fame of the humanitarian association Oxfam Italia. The goal is to give them tangible tools, from education and training, and therefore work, so to free from hunger and poverty many women and their families. G. N.
http://www.oxfamitalia.org/lebole
