SHOPThe CLOTH LifeMeet OonaMeet CandanceIn the NewsFind UsTumblr (3.0; @ourcloth)http://blog.ourclothshop.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laotpmAfgC1qbvb3qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.gallerymomo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=66" target="_blank">Mary Sibande</a></p> <blockquote> <p><em>“They don’t make them like they used to”</em></p> <p><span><span>Mary Sibande, born 1982, lives and works in Johannesburg. She obtained a B-Tech degree in Fine Arts at the University of Johannesburg in 2007. </span></span><span><span>In Sibande’s practice as an artist, she employs the human form as a vehicle through painting and sculpture, to explore the construction of identity in a postcolonial South African context, but also attempts to critique stereotypical depictions of women, particularly black women in our society. </span></span><span><span>The body, for Sibande, and particularly the skin, and clothing is the site where history is contested and where fantasies play out.  Centrally, she looks at the generational disempowerment of  the black woman and in this sense her work is informed by postcolonial theory, through her art making. In her work, the domestic setting acts as a stage where historical psycho-dramas play out. </span></span>Sibande’s work also highlights how privileged ideals of beauty and femininity aspired to by black women discipline their body through rituals of imitation and reproduction. She inverts the social power indexed by Victorian costumes by reconfiguring it as a domestic worker’s “uniform” complexifying the colonial relationship between “slave” and “master” in a post-apartheid context.  The fabric used to produce uniforms for domestic workers is an instantly recognizable sight in domestic spaces in South Africa and by applying it to Victorian dress she attempts to make a comment about history of servitude as it relates to the present in terms of domestic relationships.”</p> <p><span><span>via </span></span><a href="http://www.thegaq.com/post/1497237599" target="_blank">thegang</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1511930827http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1511930827Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:06:19 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbalkxZxhU1qznd83o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Remember, Remember the 5th of November…. </em>(via <a href="http://are2.tumblr.com/post/1486631657/penny-for-the-guy" target="_blank">are2</a> <a href="http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/1486788482/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november" target="_blank">tobia</a>)</p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1488018863http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1488018863Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:17:09 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb199cmzOh1qanddao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Ways to wear CLOTH this Fall, shop this collection <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=24456148">HERE</a>.</p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1428924236http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1428924236Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:48:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laynzhokUV1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quite a few ways to view this. What do you think?</p> <p><a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/1416585904/worlds-widest-thing-of-the-day-guinness-world" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>World’s Widest Thing of the Day:</strong> Guinness World Records has officially recognized 20-year-old Francisco Domingo Joaquim of Angola as being the man with the widest mouth in the world — nearly 6.7 inches across!</p> <p>Morrissey reportedly impressed.</p> <p>[<a href="http://newslite.tv/2010/10/27/elasticmouthed-man-sets-big-mo.html" target="_blank">newslite</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1424471279http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1424471279Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:50:49 -0500 I come prepared. Don’t freak but you need a Media Kit. It’s not nearly as complicated as it’s...http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1410321221http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1410321221Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:49:12 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lax8mgU5Wm1qanddao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://shop.ourclothshop.com/product/purple-zebra">Our latest bangle, Purple Zebra</a></p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1410284379http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1410284379Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:44:40 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lak79hFxzI1qanddao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Product: <a target="_blank" href="http://shop.ourclothshop.com/product/pin-up-flowers">Pin-Up Flowers</a> $10.00</p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1354074074http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1354074074Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:46:29 -0500<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zh6s18jHCq4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Having a bad hair day? Watch this how-to video on wearing the Rebel Scarf as a head wrap. <br/><br/>Candance is wearing the Rebel Scarf in Afrika, available at <a title="http://shop.ourCLOTHshop.com" target="_blank" href="http://shop.ourCLOTHshop.com/"><a href="http://shop.ourCLOTHshop.com" target="_blank">http://shop.ourCLOTHshop.com</a></a></span></p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1352823492http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1352823492Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:32:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la5af1oTey1qe90woo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://wanderinguniverse.tumblr.com/post/1346980264/the-third-wave-of-the-feminist-movement-need-to" target="_blank">wanderinguniverse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>the third wave of the feminist movement need to hurry up and crash over america. it’s cresting right now, like many other movements (civil rights, women’s rights, the collapse of capitalism). can’t you all feel it? we’re on the brink of another revolution.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1347641889http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1347641889Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:55:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laidus0gao1qanddao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>The Unity Scarf in Rust $20.00 <a target="_blank" href="http://shop.ourclothshop.com/product/rust"><span><a href="http://shop.ourclothshop.com/product/rus" target="_blank">http://shop.ourclothshop.com/product/rus</a></span><span class="word_break"></span>t</a></span></p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1346929712http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1346929712Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:13:40 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laicgz2hqr1qanddao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Come <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ourCLOTH">tweet with u</a><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ourCLOTH">s</a>!</p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1346725071http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1346725071Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:43:47 -0500<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-10/18/c_13562914.htm">Guaranteeing women's rights requires joint efforts: UN Women's chief</a>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1346702315http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1346702315Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:40:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lagaf34vq51qanddao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Check out CLOTH on EcoStiletto - “<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ecostiletto.com/index.php?/Fashion/Comments/">All’s Fair (Trade) in Love and Eco Fashion</a>”</p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1338244816http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1338244816Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:04:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laeq26ubuB1qzogl2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laeq26ubuB1qzogl2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laeq26ubuB1qzogl2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1331349493http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1331349493Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:51:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lae7h5cl0w1qanddao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Go NOW!</p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1328808799http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1328808799Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:05:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la6rkpKlhd1qzwh9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Hank Willis Thomas</strong><br/><span><em><a href="http://www.jackshainman.com/artist-image395.html" target="_blank">Branded Head</a></em>, 2003<br/>Lambda photograph<br/>40 x 30 inches</span> </p> </blockquote>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1299567124http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1299567124Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:03:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la1rxsTEsD1qanddao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>CLOTH was recently featured on one of our favorite blogs, Fly Girls. Check it out <a target="_blank" href="http://flygirls.typepad.com/fly/2010/08/cloth.html">here</a>. </p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1299426591http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1299426591Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:58:42 -0500<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TRfPpIllqdU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>As people continue to flee the Somali capital of Mogadishu, a new city is growing to the west.</span></p> <p><span>Video by UNHCR</span></p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1292535157http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1292535157Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:16:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la3413QjUb1qbcmtxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So cool! (via <a href="http://afrochicgist.tumblr.com/post/1284601672/via-www-scarlettlion-com" target="_blank">afrochicgist</a> <a href="http://www.scarlettlion.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.scarlettlion.com" target="_blank">www.scarlettlion.com</a></a>)</p>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1285212961http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1285212961Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:50:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la1fatjZgw1qanddao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1277804076http://blog.ourclothshop.com/post/1277804076Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:25:41 -0500