African Indigo Textile Resist Dye Scarf no. 5 pendleton shop leather reinforced buttonholes

leather reinforced buttonholes

Worn by the style icon James Dean in his third and sadly last film "The Giant" - here is the mighty reproduction of the jacket from the movie

- Gun metal color donut button fly with double button waist

- Stamped with shell concha and butterfly symbols

African Indigo Textile Resist Dye Scarf no. 5 pendleton shop leather reinforced buttonholesIndigo has been used in many different cultures all around the world and in Africa there is a long tradition of making indigo dyed clothing and fabrics using a variety of different techniques. This textile comes from Burkina Faso and the fabric used is made from hand woven strips of cotton fabric. The pattern on this one is made using a stitch resist dye technique were the pattern is made by sewing rows of stitches in the fabric before it is dyed in