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Caftani

Daniel Rey

Fotografie di Jacques Paul

Idea Books, Milano 2008, 257 pagine, 26 x 34,5 cm,   Testo Italiano, Francese e Inglese,   ISBN  9788888033617

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Patrimonio, nel XVIII secolo, i caftani sono oggi il simbolo della cultura femminile marocchina, l'elemento che rivela lo stato sociale di chi li indossa, l'abito che testimonia l'arte di vivere di un popolo in piena evoluzione, legato alle sue tradizioni e nel contempo volto alle tendenze artistiche dell'Occidente. Il libro, vuole essere un viaggio attraverso l'arte della moda, ripercorrendo la storia dei caftani attraverso le collezioni di Tetouan, Fès, Rabat, Salé: caftani appartenuti alle famiglie reali e principesche, e a quelle dei ricchi commercianti del Marocco. "Caftani" si sofferma inoltre sulla sua evoluzione da quando, abbandonato all'inizio del XX secolo, è tornato di gran moda grazie alla grande creatrice Tamy Tazi e ai nuovi stilisti quali Barada, Mao, Fadyla El Cadi, Nourredine e molti altri, che realizzano veri e propri capolavori sartoriali dai quali prendono spunto anche grandi stilisti come Yves Saint Laurent e Jean Paul Gautier. 

Caftans opens the doors of the greatest collectors of caftans of the past, and of the most secret and prestigious ateliers; meets both innovative creators and those more tied to tradition; witnesses thrilling fashion shows; and places devoted entirely to paying homage to one of the most fascinating chapters of female fashion.

21/01/23

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Droids Barada cardback mock-up

I loved the Droids cartoon as a kid, probably because that show, along with the Ewoks cartoon, was the only Star Wars you were going to be able to regularly watch on TV, in 1985, unless your parents could afford a Betamax player (or had pirated VHS copies from the HBO broadcasts).  Those two shows were one-hour of Saturday-morning-cartoon silliness and nonsense and I loved every minute of it.  

Barada was one of Jabba’s Skiff Guards in Return of the Jedi and I’ve always been a fan of that particular alien design and his 1985 action figure has been one of my favorites in the line ever since I first saw it.  

Barada never actually appeared in the Droids cartoon, so this is kind of a “what-if?” concept.  For the movie lines, Kenner always used a screenshot or promotional photo of the actual character from the film to represent that character in the card design.  For the Droids and Ewoks lines, however, they created original artwork in the style of the cartoon.  So this is just my idea of what Barada might have looked like in that style if he had been released as a part of the Droids toy line.  

I wanted to maintain the whimsy and silliness of the cartoon (hence C-3PO swabbing the deck of the Sail Barge) and imagine how Kenner might have embelished Barada’s design to match the cartoon’s art style.  Also, I tried to model Barada off of his action figure, instead of his appearance in ROTJ, since his toy is actually an amalgamation of two different Skiff Guards.

So, if you’re still with me here, the first image is a mock-up of what a Droids Barada cardback might have looked like, using a rough template that I found online (if I could remember the source, I would post it).  The second is the full drawing without the template.