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| Julia Rivera from Home as Hat |
"People will stare. Make it worth their while." - Harry Winston
Style is a state of mind. We inhabit our dwellings the same way we reside in style, casually by ourselves and fabulously for special occasions. This week I began looking at the local Spanish Revival architecture prevalent throughout California from 1915 - 1931. With an eye towards the more flamboyant, I came up with the idea of incorporating this lovely architectural style with its surrounding vegetation.
As I began to sketch out how I would approach this hat, it reminded me of the costumed hat of the Brazilian bombshell Carmen Miranda. Miranda embellished her bejeweled headpieces with colorful beads, satin ribbon, baskets and of course - fruit. She was actually appropriating the head dresses the Afro-Brazilian culture in the north-eastern provence of Bahia in Brazil. These market women often carried actual fruit and products on the top of the heads in actual baskets.
Julia's headpiece evolved into a far more cultivated millinery and less of the stylized caricature of Latin American culture Miranda had created. I like the final results of this hat which include additional elements surrounding the entryway. It's a stylistic extension of the person, place and thing.
Julie Green
July 16, 2016
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