Super Knitter Artist : YOKOO GIBRAAN

I am big fans of super knitter Yokoo Gibraan out of atlanta. I've been a fan for a while and then. Having now checked out her Etsy shops, video work and more, I’ve kind of fallen in love with what she does. Yokoo is an accidental knitting wunderkind who resides in a magical place called Atlanta, where she chips away tirelessly and obsessively at creating weird and beautiful neckwear. She knits, photographs, poses for her own products, shoots and edits videos and promotes and even packages her accessories and clothes, often with personalized messages. 

Running a one-woman knitwear enterprise from home, Yokoo is an artist, a perfectionist and a ”total control” worker. She enjoys being a part of the entire process: thinking, designing, sketching, picking up the material, creating, photographing, promoting, trading and sending. She still gets butterflies every time she packages up a new order”. Yep, she’s an amazing woman, who spends up to 16 hours a day sitting inside her home, knitting, answering emails from customers, watching old Westerns, cleaning her kitchen floor with Clorox Clean-Up Bleach and obsessing over conspiracy theories. 

Usually this is where I write a bunch of stuff about the artist but in this case I think that a video by Yokoo herself is the best introduction:

Handmade Portraits: YOKOO from http://vimeo.com/17344388

Her designs are oversized, attention grabbing, chunky and wool-blended warm. Think large scarves that look like gold chains, bold necklaces and soft accessories that will keep you cozy even in the coldest of winters.

 

Be sure to visit her shop on Etsy and Shopping! I bet you'll drooling for all her works.

the 4th Hijab Festival Bandung city

The majority population of Indonesia is Muslim, ofcourse the culture of the people is very strong with the Islam. One of the culture is how to dress as an Islam guidance. he realization that Muslim women should cover his private parts and it present Muslim fashion trends is growing  and popular. Clothing of Muslimah (Muslim woman) is often called as HIJAB.

With the largest Muslim population in the world , Indonesia has a potential market of fashion hijab enormous. This opportunity was read well by the creative industries in the fashion field. It proved that many designers who design Muslim fashion, Indonesia has a powerful hijab designers in the world. It is also supported by the proliferation of hijaber community in Indonesia.

Throwback some times ago, one of Indonesia's popular fashion centers, Bandung in West Java,Indonesia was held the 4th Indonesia Hijab festival 2014. Yes, it was the fourth time! From May 29th till June 1st 2014. the Event located in SABUGA Bandung, Indonesia. This is a place where you can meet the upcoming to be hijabers to the syar’i hijabers. They all came with the spirit of respecting and sharing. The main idea of this event is one: be proud of your hijab and be syar’ee.

With the ticket price IDR30000 for public and IDR5000 for student, and FREE ticket for anyone who brought her new/old mukena to be donated, the 4th Hijab Fest in Bandung gave everything you need to become a better moslemah, inside and outside. How could it not be? The ustad parade, hijab tutorial, the gathering on #OneDayOneJuz community, great discount for branded hijab, family run, adzan competition for kids, hijab model competition, and Tulus’ mini concert--presented by the icon of halal cosmetics, Wardah. 

There were a lot of benefits that we can get from joining this event and of course we will also be served with wonderful performances from Indonesian artists, designers and other muslimahs around Indonesia. Let’s see what are they:

1. Mukena Charity

By donating mukena through this charity we will help other muslimahs. This charity is held by Indonesia Hijabfest in cooperation with Yayasan Mesjid Nusantara.So, this event is not only about having fun but also caring for others.

2. Fun Run

This event is special for you who like sport in a very fun way, that's why the name is "Fun Run". This is one of the event in Indonesia Hijabfest 2014 which will be held on June, 1st. And there will be a very beautiful singer: Dewi Sandra

 

 

3. Tulus Mini Konser

If you like  romantic songs with Jazz genre, Tulus will be very familiar singer for you. Yup, he's a very talented singer and songwriter.  Almost all of his song comes from a very simple idea and voila...he made it into very meaningful lyrics. 

 

 

And not only that...there were a lot of competition such as Adzan competition for kids and Hijab Model competition for teenagers. A lot of Talk Show were also held there. More detail you can go directly to www.indonesiahijabfest.com or twitter Hijab_Fest .

There were a lot of cute booth there. And some of them really creative to display their products, makes a lot of hijabers girls wanna buy all of them.Here some pictures i taken when i visited the event last may..