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finefools:

A part one to many.

Clothing

• trash to couture
  » zipper collar/sleeve tee
  » old mens t-shirt sewn into women’s dolman tee
  » basket weaving old sweaters/shirts
  » v-neck into gathered cowl collar shirt/sweater
  » jeans basket weave into textured vest/jacket
• see kate sew
  » old sweatshirt to new hat
  » sweatshirt lipsosuction* 
• my calico skies 
  » screenprint tee
  » lace collars
• a pair & a spare
  » balenciaga inspired ruffle skirt
  » dolce & gabbana inspired lace skirt
  » sequin elbow patch sweater
  » circle/skater skirt*

Accessories 

• my calico skies 
  » lace collars
• skip to my lou
  » headband refashion
• shanty 2 chic
  » 5 minutes no sew lace bow

Home Decor 

• my calico skies
  » dreamcatcher out of doillies* & pt 2*
  » jewelry stand
• something turquoise 
  » mason jar candles
  » painted stemless wine glass markers
  » tinted mason jar candles
• a beautiful mess
  » song lyric wall art
• hey gorgeous
  » dixie cup garland
  » body scrub» paint swatch chandelier
  » tissue covered luminaries
  » vintage teacup candles
• saucy glossy
  » coffee filter lantern
• the glitter guide
  » sparkly tablescape

Gifts

• kooler design
  » flower bulb favors
• something turquoise 
  » mason jar candles
  » tinted mason jar candles
• 100 layer cake
  » gift bows from magazines
• hey gorgeous 
  » body scrub
  » the perfect mix (hot chocolate) 

For Kids

• something turquoise
  » alphabet crayons
• hey gorgeous
  » ribbon wands

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theolduvaigorge:

Who invented clothes? A Palaeolithic archaeologist answers

Hadley Freeman’s answer to the question was chiffon-flimsy, so here’s the lab-coat response

• by Rebecca Wragg-Sykes

““Who invented clothes?” It’s one of those brilliant questions that children ask, before they learn that the big things we wonder about rarely have simple answers. It’s the kind of thing that archaeologists like me get put on the spot about when chatting to kids, and we love to have a crack at answering.

Saturday’s “Ask a grown up” section featured just that question, from eight-year old Harriet, with an answer by Hadley Freeman, fashionexpert and fantastic writer. Hadley’s response was, as usual, entertainingly breezy, with some refreshing encouragement to Harriet to experiment in developing her own style; but, like a fine chiffon, it was a little flimsy in substance.

I’m proud to be involved with ScienceGrrl, which aims to show girls that science is for everyone by providing diverse role models, andTrowelBlazers, a new project that is all about bringing to the fore the achievements of pioneering women archaeologists, geologists and palaeontologists. So I was kind of disappointed that a girl asking a genuine question about archaeology ended up with the barest of facts, as well as being told, even if it was meant lightheartedly, that the grown-up answering her question would rather she pay attention to what she looks like.

Hadley knows today’s fashion world inside out and might not care much about pre-silk times, but I’ll bet that Harriet wanted to find out more than what the Flintstones wear.

It’s this kind of response that can, in aggregate, have a negative impact on children: being mentally curious ends up as something deeply uncool and not relevant to modern life. I’m not advocating force-feeding facts Vulcan-style when talking to young people – far from it. They like to be challenged and humour is a great way to do this. But I do think we should take every chance we get to pass on the incredible stuff that we’ve found out about our world thanks to science – including archaeology – and keep on showing girls that using their brains by asking big questions is, actually, absolutely fabulous.

So for Harriet, if you’re reading: there’s a whole lot we know about the invention of clothing. Many TV reconstructions and book illustrations of stone age (Palaeolithic) people really don’t do them justice. People were already making finely worked bone needles 20,000 years ago, probably for embroidery as much as sewing animal skins, like the thousands of ivory beads and fox teeth that covered the bodies of a girl and a boy buried at Sunghir, Russia, around 28,000 years ago. This was some serious bling, representing years of accumulated work.

And – caveman stereotypes aside – stone age clothes weren’t just animal skins. We’ve known since the 1990s that people were weaving fabric back then, revealed by impressions in baked clay from the sites of Pavlov and Dolni Vestonice in the Czech Republic. We don’t actually know for sure that these were used for clothes, but the materials weren’t heavy duty, and the variety in weaving styles suggests a long tradition. And at Dzudzuana Cave in Georgia, 30,000 year old spun plant fibres were found which had been dyed: pink, black and turquoise blue!

But what about the really old stuff (because 30,000 years ago isn’t really old in human evolution)? As Harriet asks, who were the first fashionistas? People are still debating what, if anything, our close relatives the Neanderthals were wearing” (read more).

• Becky Wragg Sykes (@LeMoustier) is a postdoctoral researcher working on Neanderthal archaeology. She blogs atwww.therocksremain.org and is part of the TrowelBlazers team (@trowelblazers)

(Source: Guardian; bottom image: Antropark)

This is AWESOME. And Becky Wragg Sykes is awesome.