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Fulani Jewelry wholesale & retail

I started selling Fulani jewelry in the early 1990s. I bought my first stock from Ghanaian and Malian glass bead traders I would meet at the Ghana Trade Fair center. I was fascinated by the intricate work and the bright shine of the brass. I had sold brass and silver jewelry from India and Thailand since the late 80s but had never come across any other people who worked brass that thin or that shiny. My customers were equally as fascinated. It would be more than 10 years I would go to Mali and meet Malian Fulani brass jewelry makers for myself. The origins of the distinctive earring designs is shrouded in a bit of mystery and many stories. The one that rings true to me is that 1000s of years ago the Fulani peoples left the areas of modern day Senegal and became nomadic. They followed their cattle and traded from the Western coast of Africa all the way up towrds he North, some even going as far up as Egypt. Along the way they would trade with the other peoples they incounte...

Why the wrap skirt is everything!

Available on etsy with a Free Makeup Bag Click & get a further 10% off with this CODE 2020 gave us the space and time to contemplate the larger meaning of existence and so naturally reevaluate our own lives. Many people I've spoken to ended up making life altering decisions. 3 families I know have left the UK for greener climes and another 4 are leaving the big cities for greener spaces where the pace of life is slower and their vistas wider. Normally I am a special occasions seamstress, but not anymore. As the months indoors wore on and everyone started gardening, home schooling and working via zoom I was asked for not just informal wear, but comfortable to absorb and disguise the new spreading waist line while reflecting the clients own tastes and long buried under work clothes desires. No one cares about what was in the magazines anymore or the season's colours. What I was being asked for was classic lines, flattering lengths and disguised roominess. The 50's a...

Made to measure dresses

I'm always so flattered when someone gets in touch looking for help to design and make an outfit for their special occasion. Luckily most come with an exact idea of what they want, but the exciting, if time consuming ones are the designs that start as a patchwork of ideas. I'm not the best artist in the world, but I do enjoy those drawings that start out as a pencil skirt and finish as a catsuit. Fulera Seidu, President of ACNAG: (ATAG Craft Network Association of Ghana ) was selected out of 1000s of craft workers in Ghana to represent her country at the 2014 Olympics in Brazil at the cultural market. It was a massive honour for me to be asked to design and make 2 casual tops that would scream Ghana ! and would allow her to show off her Ebony wood, bone and glass bead jewelry. As you can see Fulera was a success in her red, gold and green elasticated tops. one had a large circular single flouncy sleave and the other a boob tube. When Fulera returned she sa...

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