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good in' US13^ From'Page Onedevoted eitcogivo -«ov*”5Cy5! the designs coning *ut 01 Tree House, . .Mrs. Blackman, who *}?** tor a visit hate with on CSiristmas Eve, is goto* ™ San* Juan. Puerto lUco tomorrow tor showings ot Tree House designs at El. san Juan Hotel ana at the Caribe “Hilton Hotel A series of flhowe of her creations opened there on Decem*« 26. In the latter part of last year, some of her designs were also seen in Jamaica In the Margaret Jacksqt Show'of Shows on the NorthcoastFront AfricaAloqg with her business partner, lionel Phillips, and a staff of fiv£, including one Jamaican, Gloria' HaH, Mrs. Blackman has made ithe fashion headlines re-, peatecily for bold and imaginative 'creations with material brought to America from nearly every country of Africa. She styles them into everything from jump suits to men's swim trunks. She Is now widely hailed for h* ski resort clothes mad* from blankets worn by tribesmen lh some of the coldest regions bt Africa.Tho Interest 1k -Africa all begat when Mrs. Blackmail’s puttner paid a visit to several African countries some years 'ago. fie brought back samples ^ B*~Sfe and other traditional Mrs. Blackman, whoat the Trapbagen of Design and worked _ie time In the Seventh A vent© fashion ares, began to ma^Q up creations based ok African fabric, at home, as a nobby. A demand arose for ber designs and so the Tree House was established. The decor is all African and the shop fets its name from a tree planted In the middle, its branches being used to display the creations.Mrs. 'Blackman left here to live an New York 20 years ago. She has. returned at various times ovr the years to visit relatives (who include a brother, Mr. wmjton Rodney of the Jamaica Plfru Unit,Mrs. Bfeckman has never been to Africa} Says hasn’t been able to (find, the time. She doesnt wear any of her own spectacular creations either, ae-cause, at jive foot-two, she's too tiny for the big, bold designs.Now that her name has been made m the African fashion genre, Mts. Blackman as turning to another medium. She is designing in denims of all types, Already she has begun to attract another series of high fashion notices for the work she is doing m this material.gTt mat land the men Aat, riva brin *'pai dep true nine arri doc!sabtru40waamnelt;bat°Pwcfrico
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Kingston Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Thu, Jan 04, 1968
Page 5
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