Totally hooked Minka never lost her thread.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * As Jamaican designer Minka Francis Francis, French prince, duke of Alençon and Anjou Francis, 1554–84, French prince, duke of Alençon and Anjou; youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. will tell you, there are few things more intensely tropical than a technicolor crocheted maillot. Francis, who's been busily crocheting her way through life since the age of ten, decided to beam her brand of tropicalism out to the universe after her friend Buju Banton Buju Banton (born Mark Anthony Myrie 1972 35 years of age) is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer & producer. History Buju Banton was born near Kingston, Jamaica in a poor neighborhood called Salt Lane. suggested she make her own line. "I made a hat for him one day and he said, 'You are gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. crochet 'til your hands start burning! Everybody gonna want crochet,'" she says. "It's like he put a spell on me." It's been several seasons, many moons and a string of fully-fledged Minka runway runway: see airport. shows since that hat. These days her made-to-order designs--from itty bitty bikinis to floor-sweeping gowns--have reached a certain cult cult, ritual observances involved in worship of, or communication with, the supernatural or its symbolic representations. A cult includes the totality of ideas, activities, and practices associated with a given divinity or social group. status in Kingston and beyond. "A lot of things I sell right off my back," says Francis, who is regularly photographed partying in her head-to-toe crochet ensembles. "I guess you might call me a celebrity designer. Well I work hard, I think I deserve it." CHIOMA NNADI myspace.com/gominka |
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