Indigo

I "Indigo" beskriver Vita Andersen i hjerteskærende glimt sin barndom præget af usikkerhed, kaos og håbløshed. I små flimrende erindringer skildrer Vita Andersen sin barndom, som hun mindes den fra 1940'erne og 1950'ernes København. En barndom, præget af hendes psykiske ustabile mor, som stod uforstående over for en lille piges behov for tryghed og kærlighed. Vita Andersen bliver sendt på børnehjem i en alder af blot to år, og kommer senere til skiftende svigtende plejefamilier og institutioner. Minderne fra sin barske barndom beskriver Vita Andersens i enkle, drømmelignende sekvenser og ud fra et barns perspektiv. "Indigo" efterlader læseren med et hul i hjertet, og giver et vigtigt indblik i en barndom, som er gået itu.

Gloriously pieced together, much like the fine garments it portrays, this colourful volume takes the reader on an international tour of indigo-coloured textiles, presenting a huge swathe of remarkable clothing, people and fabric. Catherine Legrand, who has spent over twenty years travelling and researching the subject, has a deep knowledge of the ancient techniques, patterns and clothing traditions that characterize ethnic textile design, knowledge that she deploys to great effect in seven chapters exploring the production of Indigo textiles throughout America, China, India, Africa, Central Asia, Japan and Laos/Vietnam, and the men and women behind them. This profusely illustrated photographic survey features more than 500 photographs, faithfully laid out to reproduce Catherine's actual travel notebooks, and is completed by specially commissioned drawings that provide close-ups on patterns and clothes.

Gloriously pieced together, much like the fine garments it portrays, this colourful volume takes the reader on an international tour of indigo-coloured textiles, presenting a huge swathe of remarkable clothing, people and fabric. Catherine Legrand, who has spent over twenty years travelling and researching the subject, has a deep knowledge of the ancient techniques, patterns and clothing traditions that characterize ethnic textile design, knowledge that she deploys to great effect in seven chapters exploring the production of Indigo textiles throughout America, China, India, Africa, Central Asia, Japan and Laos/Vietnam, and the men and women behind them. This profusely illustrated photographic survey features more than 500 photographs, faithfully laid out to reproduce Catherine's actual travel notebooks, and is completed by specially commissioned drawings that provide close-ups on patterns and clothes.