natural fashion, what inspires me

 text from Departures magazine

Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa 

Hans Silvester's photographs of the Surma and Mursi tribes of the Omo Valley. Nomads with no architecture or commercial crafts, it's all about physical ornament from the nearly infinite palette of their surroundings. They are stunning children. Imagine creating all that without a mirror to look into. Why would you do it if you couldn't look at yourself? With the abundance of blogs where cute girls photograph themselves in their daily outfits, it's kind of major to think about these tribes motivations. What are the differences between what they are doing and what we are doing in our own closets each day? I'm not sure, but I think the differences are vast and worth considering. We are bound in a system of commerce and lack of community. I believe there is change ahead on both counts.