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The Star 43<br />
Fashion<br />
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Paisley is back and here to stay<br />
.kiwi<br />
Thursday March 16 2017<br />
DECORATIVE: Paisley can be tone on tone in<br />
subtle understated colours.<br />
Take care with skinny jeans<br />
SKINNY JEANS and<br />
parka jackets are fuelling<br />
an epidemic of back pain<br />
among women, health<br />
professionals suggest.<br />
The British Chiropractic<br />
Association said three<br />
quarters of women had<br />
suffered from back pain,<br />
with fashion choices<br />
adding to problems.<br />
They singled out<br />
skinny jeans, large fluffy<br />
hoods, cross-body bags<br />
and statement necklaces<br />
as causing particular<br />
strain.<br />
Tim Hutchful, a BCA<br />
chiropractor, said: “I am<br />
FiNal sUmmer<br />
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Shop 48 Barrington, Barrington Street<br />
Phone 03 337 6609<br />
www.lingerieonbarrington.co.nz<br />
always surprised at how<br />
many of my patients are<br />
unaware that their clothing<br />
and accessories can<br />
affect their back health<br />
and posture, and equally<br />
how many decide their<br />
outfit choice outweighs<br />
their pain.<br />
“Some of the most<br />
popular items of clothing<br />
can have a hidden health<br />
impact. While overloaded<br />
and heavy handbags are<br />
common culprits, skinny<br />
jeans can also wreak havoc<br />
– they restrict free movement<br />
in areas such as the<br />
hips and knees, affecting<br />
PAISLEY IS back again.<br />
The perennial design has<br />
returned many times since<br />
first becoming popular with<br />
westerners in the 1800s.<br />
Although the “paisley”<br />
pattern is a droplet-shaped<br />
motif of Persian origin, its<br />
western name comes from<br />
the textile town of Paisley in<br />
Scotland, where the designs<br />
were produced for the British<br />
and American market.<br />
The pattern is still popular<br />
in Iran and Central Asian<br />
countries where it is known<br />
as “boteh.” The woven design<br />
often features silver silk<br />
threads and other luxury<br />
textiles for gifts, weddings<br />
and clothing for special<br />
occasions. Alternatively it<br />
is also seen as a decorative<br />
motif on pottery, curtains,<br />
carpets, jewellery and paintings.<br />
The design appears to<br />
have been introduced to<br />
Europe by the East India<br />
Company who brought back<br />
cashmere shawls and silk<br />
cloth which were copied.<br />
From 1800 onwards the<br />
weavers of paisley became<br />
premier producers of these<br />
shawls.<br />
the way we hold our bodies.<br />
“New trends such as<br />
asymmetric hemlines,<br />
oversized sleeves and<br />
hoods, and heavy jewellery<br />
can also create problems.<br />
Large hoods can mean you<br />
strain your neck to see,<br />
and asymmetric hemlines<br />
can restrict your movement<br />
and cause you to<br />
walk differently.”<br />
Skinny jeans reduce<br />
your mobility “even if it’s<br />
just walking that you’re<br />
doing”, Mr Hutchful said.<br />
High heels and backless<br />
shoes were also a problem.<br />
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New technology allowed<br />
them to develop looms that<br />
wove up to five colours<br />
when most weavers only<br />
managed to work with<br />
two. The resulting multicoloured<br />
patterns became<br />
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PATTERN:<br />
Paisley has<br />
been reinvented<br />
from clothes<br />
worn in the<br />
Jane Austen<br />
era to the<br />
psychedelic<br />
fashions of the<br />
60s.<br />
woven versions were later<br />
adapted for printing onto<br />
cotton, voile and wool, making<br />
the design universal.<br />
Over two centuries later,<br />
paisley has undergone many<br />
re-inventions from elegant<br />
shawls worn in the Jane<br />
Austen era to the psychedelic<br />
fashions of the 60s. There<br />
have been pink paisley<br />
guitars, Prince’s Paisley Park<br />
record label and paisley has<br />
been used in interior design,<br />
architectural inspiration and<br />
landscaping.<br />
Known throughout the<br />
world, its distinctive pattern<br />
is equally appropriate<br />
whether traditional, retro or<br />
contemporary and is therefore<br />
unique. Paisley can be<br />
tone on tone in subtle understated<br />
colours or bright<br />
and vibrant.<br />
The pattern can be big and<br />
bold or a tiny print, beautifully<br />
embellished with embroidery<br />
or bling or printed<br />
onto simple cotton fabric.<br />
As a design paisley has<br />
enjoyed exceptional longevity<br />
but while its popularity<br />
comes and goes, it is here<br />
to stay.<br />
We are<br />
back<br />
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(outside mall)<br />
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