Day 388-389 Nicole Kidman & the Renaissance of ‘Kalocsai’ Embroidery

Good news, the Coral Dress jacket is in the beading stage. I worked on it all day and gave me much pleasure to create the design I did a couple of month ago. I even had time to pop over to mum and help her to make some home-made aubergine paste, ketchup, vegetables in tomatoes sauce and tomatoes juice. I love pickling of any kind for the winter. It is part of that old fashioned life, I so much would love to carry on practising in my personal quest for a more environmental friendly living. By the way I still haven’t bought any clothes, shoes or accessories since I started to write this blog. The temptation was there in Lodz in a shoe shop to buy a pair of green boots, but at the end I decided I should really wear those I already have and put them back on the shelf. Hungary is floating in the fashion euphoria caused by Nicole Kidman’s white dress with traditional Hungarian ‘Kalocsai’ embroidery (http://galeria.velvet.hu/blogok/2012/03/16/nicole_kidman_matyo_mintas_ruhaban/14). Last Christmas I got a ‘Kalocsai’ necklace and a ‘Kalocsai’ handbag for graduation in July from my brother and his family. I get lots of comments about them and how fashionable I am. Well, it is my brother who is fashionable and I enjoy the presents I get from him whilst I carry on with my saying no to unnecessary shopping, which means I cannot really be fashionable, unless fashion recycles itself, because I can’t buy anything.