iamellieg

19 year old fashion, styling and image making student living in Manchester. So much love for art, photography, darkness, music, literature, fashion, nature, glamour, leather, studs, sex and all things seductive, strange places, stranger people, wine and all things that sparkle.

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this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people.

this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people.



final pieces/collection from my final project.  this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people.

final pieces/collection from my final project. 

this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people.



final pieces/collection from my final project.  this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people. 

final pieces/collection from my final project. 

this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people. 



final pieces/collection from my final project.  this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people. 

final pieces/collection from my final project. 

this is tagged as native american as the project of my title was native american practices. I focused on their beliefs, rituals and religious practices. after extensive research I settled on the notion of “ritual” clothing being worn to reflect the ritual in question and also to show respect and gratification. “Innu (Naskapi) women of northern Quebec and Labrador adapted frock coats traded from Europeans into their own caribou-hide garments. They carefully copied the cutting and seaming of the European cloth coats, but added a very Naskapi twist: a vertical triangular panel at the back of the coat skirt which extends from hem to waist. This panel represents the mountain where the Lord of the Caribou was believed to live. The coats were painted in a traditional method; such designs were traditionally painted on caribou hides, which were displayed by hunters to the rising sun, the source of life, each dawn. Men wore these coats only when they went out to hunt caribou, as a way of honouring the caribou spirits” - this is where i got my idea to make accessories out of materials used in modern everyday “rituals” hence the cosmetic materials used, hair, false nails, mirror, make-up wipes and so on. I understand that the direct link to native american is not that visible and meant no offence in taging it native american but actually it is heavily inspired by the practices of the native american people.