Bigger than Barbie Inspires Global Craft Awareness


	Bigger than Barbie Inspires Global Craft Awareness

trendagitator

8-21-2007 6:48 PM

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crafts, folk art, monkeybiz, trend agitator

trendagitator says:

The success of craft collaborative Monkeybiz continues to inspire fashion folk from Cape Town to Madison Avenue to the close-knit art associations in Los Angeles. Much love to Splash writer Veronica Sims for mentioning our upcoming CRAFT TO CATWALK project in her fab review.

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