Showing posts with label right to couture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label right to couture. Show all posts

Monday, February 21, 2011

The Right to Expression... Handmade Crafts

We shall have the Right to Handmade Crafts,
 those things made by human hand.

This right supports artisans around the world
who earn a living through centuries-old traditional crafts.


Murano Glass Vase
Lace-makers, glassblowers, embroiderers,
hat milliners, weavers, fabric dyers,
shoemakers, and so on.

French Alencon Lace (18th c.)  is the 5th most-valued lace in the world.

Parisian Paradox is a group that strives to
protect the haute couture artisans,
such as Jean-Francois Lesage, the last Parisian embroiderer.

Louboutin's Marie Antoinette shoe
hand-embroidered by the House of Lesage.



Embroidery done by hand.