July 2007 Collector's Corner Featuring Anne Weigers

July 2007 Collector's Corner Featuring Anne Weigers


Anne has been a fantastic customer of ours for years, so we are very pleased to be able to share with you her wonderful Southwestern style and collection of Mexican clothing that we have enjoyed seeing her in for years. Thank you Anne!


	"My birthday present to myself last year. It is a 'wow' experience to wear it!" Karen Wilkinson vintage sarape knee-length jacket, beautifully embellished. Exquisite Hand-punched large concho belt from El Interior, in Alpaca silver (nickel silver).











	"One of the many advantages of dressing this way is that these treasures never go out of style! This jacket with the animals is at least 30 years old & I still adore it!" Jacket from Mexico City American Indian Jewelry











	"This treasure was another birthday gift to myself from Textures, a store in San Antonio that only handles hand made items. Sadly, the artist didn't put a label in the back. Wouldn't you want to claim this as your own?" Hand made jacket from San Antonio







	"My 'Frida Kahlo' dress. Would you believe I ran into someone at a fancy party in Stonewall Texas also in this dress! Turned out to be Marcia, the owner of El Interior, and that was the beginning of a warm & wonderful friendship!" Vintage, heavily embroidered, skirt and huipile. These are worn by the most famous and beautifully dressed indigenous women in all of Mexico, the Zapotec women of Juchitan and Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. The garment is for ceremonial occasions and takes months and months to hand embroider on a bastidor - something like a large quilting frame. This style of garment is what Frida Kahlo is famous for wearing all around New York & Paris. More recently sighted on women in San Antonio , Austin, and at very fancy occasions in Washington D.C., such as the opening gala for the Museum of the American Indian.







	"I have an extensive collection of these fabulous Oaxaca dresses. They are SO comfortable and becoming. Since I have never learned to "glow" like a lady (I sweat like a mule!), all the persperation can run down inside and no one is the wiser!" A very beautiful rendition of the classic San Antonino, Oaxaca wedding dress. These dresses are becoming collectible as they become harder to come by. Very few young women are learning or have the time to spend on the delicate handwork of embroidery and crochet these dresses require. Most of the dresses El Interior comes across are done by the older grandmothers.



	Colonial style silver sun and moon necklace with finely wrought hinges , hand constructed in Oaxaca, from El Interior







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