Willard Van De Bogart
Photo August 1999: by Lawrence Lauterborn San Francisco.
Here shown is a my way of expressing, through fashion, our inner development on the spiritual plane. I have found that there are virtually no clothing outlets in the market place by which to represent our personal development on the spirutual path. Therefore, the Portal Market will be making available new styles of clothing which can express our multi-cultural evolution as the planet becomes more intergrated with its spiritual practices, and shares in the multi-cultural expressions of all cultures.
The outfit shown is a combination of:
- Ancient Chinese Robe with embroidery. The robe has been completely restored, relined and the button placement has been changed.
- Tibetan gold shirt from Nepal with embroidered front.
- Silk pants, jacquard weave, from Thailand.
- Lapis Necklace from Nepal.
- Teva leather sandles from USA.
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This outfit is of arabic design. The top has tie strings on the bottom sides of the shirt. The pants has an elastic waist with small buttons on the bottom of the pants to hold the bottom higher and making a blouse effect when walking.
Photo June 2001: by Jeanine Grimes BFA 2001, Sonoma State College, Sonoma, CA
New designs will be shown periodically, and the Portal Market will be a place where new clothing for a new millennium can be found which expresses our need to honor the divine, and the sacredness of the earth. New fabrics and new ethnic and indigenous clothing will always be featured.
New designers are encouraged to contact the Portal Market as an outlet for their designs.
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