Ikat nails! Oh My!!!!

We found this fabulous nail art tutorial by MissJenFabulous on youtube!

We, at RuthOmosunbo - a batik and textile boutique, ABSOLUTELY love ikat.

 

About Ruth Omosunbo - A batik and textile boutique

Ruth Omosunbo is a labor of love for founder and Creative Director, Jacquelyn Omotalade. It was conceived out of a love of traveling, fashion and a desire to pursue social justice while supporting the arts. Originally undertaken as a therapeutic act following the untimely death of her daughter, Ruth Omosunbo has grown to become a means to enrich the lives of both artisans and lovers of the arts.

Ruth Omosunbo - A Batik and Textile Boutique - is an upscale art, women's and children’s clothing and accessories boutique that officially launched January 27, 2012. Ruth Omosunbo - A Batik and Textile Boutique’s - clothing and accessory selections and exclusive personal style services, will ensure that our customers are well dressed in clothing that directly supports artists who are keeping traditional arts alive as well as from an organization that directly works toward the social and economic empowerment of families in the Bay area. Jacquelyn Omotalade and her beloved daughter, Natalia her trully inspiratioRuth is the shared middle name of the shop owner and her late grandmother and late daughter. Omosunbo is the Yoruba name of the Jacquelyn Omotalade and means to bring wealth/goodness. The boutique both enriches the lives of the artisans whom we buy our products from and customers who purchase our products. 

A Start Designer: Oscar De La Renta discusses Ikat!

Here at Ruth Omosunbo a batik and textile boutique, we love ikat and we were so excited to find out that Oscar La Renta shares our love.  We hope that you do too!

Phat Knits by Dutch designer Bauke Knotterous

We love textiles!  We love art! Watch the installation of Phat Knits by Dutch designer Bauke Knotterous at the MoMu Fashion Musuem in Antwerp!



UNRAVEL. Knitwear in Fashion - Phat Knits from MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp on Vimeo.

Vivent longtemps les Français

Nous aimons toutes les choses françaises comprenant ce concepteur français de textile!


 
Mauve Lunel from Collectif Textile on Vimeo.

Happy National Bike Month!!!!!

May is National Bike Month!  We at RuthOmosunbo a batik and textile boutique would like to wish you all a very happy biking month and encourage each and every one of you to get out of your bikes!

We at RuthOmosunbo wanted to share with you images of batik and bikes!  Enjoy!

                                             Source: Bicycle by Antik Batik and Kenzo Takada

We love bikes and we love batik!

                                               Source: http://patterntextileandbeyond.wordpress.com
We would love this pattern on a skirt!

                                          Source: Touching the Heart of Batik | ASEAN
                                       
Dont these men look HOT rocking batik!

Alabama Chanin: Companies we simply LOVE!!!!!!!!!

Handmade Portraits: Alabama Chanin from Etsy on Vimeo.

Watch this video and it should be crystal clear why we love this company and why you should too!!!!!

Nibo ni o ti wa?: Where are you from?: Dari Mana?

I love this video that Teresa Puente put together where she has multiple people confront the question of "Where are you from?"

Where are you from? from WBEZ on Vimeo.

I love to travel.  I love learning about the new and rediscovering the old.  It is one of the major reason, I started my batik and textile boutique.  I wanted to share my loves with the world.

No matter where in the world that I travel, I am always confronted with the same question: Where are you from?  For some, the question may seem simple, but for me the question usually has many nuances.    It also implies that I could never possibly from "here."

                                                        Source: 123rf.com

I am not quite American enough to be "black," and yet not quite African enough to be considered that either!  And when I am traveling thorough Asia, the confusion continues.  "American? but you are black?" 

Hmmmm!  I always thought I wasn't black enough for America and yet there are black people in America and I feel like I look like them and yet the question seem to imply that there are no blacks in America or at least ones that travel.

I use to respond to what I perceived as my universal rejection with anger, but now I respond with a smile and a laugh!

The truth is that "where I am from" and "what I am" are two separate and distinct things.  I am from Pittsburgh, PA, although people's preconceived notions of what I look like may hinder their ability to accept this simple fact.  I was and will always have been born at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.

"What I am" may be slightly more complicated.  I am a summation of my experiences and my DNA.  I am African-American.  I am Yoruba.  I am Cuban.  I am white.  Some days I am francophone and other days I am anglophone.  I am an artist.  I am a product of a broken home.  I am a blogger.  I am a women who battles with despair.   I am a runner.  I am a champion of the forgotten.  I am forgotten myself.  I am loving.  I am at peace and yet I am tormented.  I am running from something yet I am running from nothing.  I am a mother yet I am childless.    I love laughter and hugs.  I am all these things and more.  I am the creative director and founder of Ruth Omosunbo - a batik and textile boutique.

Now my turn to ask you: Where are you from?