Fashion

The external expression of internal transformative experience.

Tattoos, henna designs, piercings, hair styles, and clothing have been used to mark status, experience, work life, and spiritual growth since human memory can recall. Fashion changes mark seasonal festivals such as new hats for Spring, new boots for Winter. Special clothing is used in rituals for weddings, funerals, christenings...rites of passage.

Dorothy and Irene Miller, Winnipeg, Canada tell me that in the dream catcher tradition of their people,

"Dreams are caught in the dream catcher. Bad dreams are caught and held by the web until destroyed by the first rays of the sun.

Good dreams find their way to the hoop where they enter the life of the dreamer through personal adornment."

Fashion and ritual are intimately connected. Explore yourself through this means with a visit to these spiritually active designers whose work was featured in the Discovering Origins/Building Traditions project "Spring's New Leaves" 2005:

Anna Lee, one of the Twin Cities most beautiful and active fashion designers. Our 2005 spring show featured her Tree Goddess Dress.

Margaret Mousley my favorite dress
Jo Hiner
&
Candy Kuehn

As we explore our own changes each year, our own world tree spines, may we all have our good dreams manifest in beautiful, textural, and joyful personal adornment.

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