Green Man Masquerade Part 1

Spooks, witches, black cats  and ghosts moaning "Oooooooooh!"  Soon cries of "Boo!" and "Trick or Treat" will reign the streets.  All Hallows eve is coming next week!  The hunt for an outstanding costume is reaching a fever pitch.  Here are a few Green Man related ideas.

Steve Silk put together this blog post in 2008 on natural fashion: http://clattervalleygardens.blogspot.com/2008/12/three-ways-to-wear-plants.html

He briefly discusses the Surma and Mursi tribespeople of Ethiopia and their wearing of plants.

 Hans Silvester's book Natural Fashion gives more information on Tribal decoration.(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500288054/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller)

 

Steve has a great photo of a Paris haute couture model wearing plants as a dress:

  a dress created by plantsman Patrick Blanc for Jean-Paul Gaultier.

 

 

Tantazlizing ideas for green wear and costumes!  More soon...