The Art of Knitting: A Visit to Creative Anthills

Last week, I was opportune to attend an exhibition tagged ‘Creative Anthills: exhibition of knitting, crocheting, weaving, quilting, installation of honour of Chinua Achebe’ by Dr. Ubah RitaDoris of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Image Credit: Ejiofor Ekene Maduabuchi, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

FASHION: A Never Ending Phenomenon in Human History

INTRODUCTION

In every society, both in ancient and modern times, the culture of clothing and body make up is one that mankind has been with and cannot do without. This is to say that just as man over time has always depended on food to survive; he has also come to embrace fashion as he seems not to do without it.  This is not to say that the relevance or importance of fashion is the same everywhere as culture across different societies, determine what fashion is or not.