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	<title>Alexandra Highcrest Magazine &#187; design</title>
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	<description>I used to work in fashion, then I took an arrow to the knee.</description>
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		<title>Gown by Poiret</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Highcrest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A printed silk gown ca. 1912 attributed to French designer Paul Poiret (1879-1944). Measurements: Bust approx 92cm (36 in), Waist 72 cm (28 in). The current estimated value of this dress is between 9,200 CAD to 12,300 CAD. The pencil sketch depicts a similar Poiret model, ca 1912. Paul Poiret was born in Paris in 1879. He worked for Jacques Doucet from 1896 then moved to the House of Worth in 1900. In 1904 he established his own house with the help of Doucet and the patronage of the actress Gabrielle Réjane. Poiret is widely credited with releasing women from the corseted, hourglass-shaped designs of the period, creating elegant, gently fitted dresses with fewer underclothes. He was influenced by the Ballets Russes, incorporating turbans and harem pants into his collections. In 1908 and 1909 he commissioned Paul Iribe and Georges Lepage to illustrate his clothes in brochures. Poiret&#8217;s 1911 design for a hobble skirt, drawn in at the ankles, caused a huge furor and brought him a certain notoriety. His house closed during World War I and, though it reopened after the war and made some effort to attract a younger clientele, Poiret found himself in the late 1920s facing financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karen, Our Upcycle Queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 06:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Highcrest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re very pleased here at AH Magazine to announce that our team member Karen has won an international design competition with an idea that is brilliant yet elegantly simple. The challenge of the Upcycle Contest, create something new  from something old, has been embraced by Karen for years, and her background in crafting and fashion made her decision to turn an empty lipstick tube into a pin cushion a natural. The contest was sponsored by Sublime Stitching in an effort to promote environmental awareness and creativity among its readership of crafters, craftivists, and textile artisans. Judging was done by Jenny Hart; an internationally published artist and illustrator and an award-winning author of multiple titles on embroidery for Chronicle Books; and Autumn Wiggins of The Upcycle Exchange, and regular contributor to Crafting a Green World. A deep curtsy from all of us at AH Mag; bravo Karen. With files from Karen.]]></description>
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