Ginger Jar Fashion
The graceful and traditional grandeur that surrounds ancient artifacts can be found in the modern era so far as ginger jars are concerned used as everything. These ceramic miracles have traveled the world, across borders and eras, with the unique painting patterns of blue and white we come into fashion in an entirely different era. Make that a mere handful of ingenious designers, entrancing stuff for you to ponder over. Was it a look-paper that overran such design patterns and mixed up a whole new garment? Just think how poetically this phrase “avant-garde” fits in now with fashion.
Take, for example, the classic David Hicks. Not someone down the street with shaggy dog, this Hicks was a British interior designer who excelled in high style. He may not be on everyone’s lips today, but his love of wild sagas told in color and pattern is now the norm in Asia. Many others have been inspired by him to bring the ginger jar blueprint down from mantelpieces onto runways in that part of life.
Close behind is Anna Sui. She’s no fiddler; her revolutionary style has changed the way things are done.When this high voltage undertaker of fashion enjoys fashions unknown or mixes and matches with rock n’ roll willpower and bohemian allure–just so we get an echo here from her works as well as his–she belches forth her creativity. By putting an odd twist on the ginger jar theme, she diffuses West meets East in an almost irresistibly attractive presentation. In her clothes you can almost hear the far-off tinkle of fine porcelain while models go calmly gliding past.
You haven’t lived if you haven’t thumbed through Tory Burch’s compendiums. Burch is an alchemist of fashion, taking an ancient Chinese motif and twisting and weaving it away until it sings out there in skirts or blouses or something else. She loves ornament, gratuity itself and luxury; steeped deeply in the past to invent something new for our times today–her collection smacks clearly of the genuine poignancy that history alone can give.
Lela Rose channels ginger jar art with her eye-popping designs. She s the kind of friend that barges in uninvited yet inexplicably ends up as party hostess. Rose’sdesigns bubble with the zesty vitality of the artform she is trying to emulate –incidentally giving a cuddly little nod to ancient Chinese scrolls and tapestries besides.
There is no way around it–Oscar de la Renta, whose name alone looks like poetry on silk, knew a thing or two about merging history with fashion. His collections are a toast to Renaissance prints served up with the delicate blue-and-white aesthetic of ginger jars a sure conversation starter for every occasion.Burton like a blacksmith with iron only has that reference now ChanelHow was the lacquer work table conceived at first? It takes Burton days of labor and sifting Stanhope wood to create his marquetry panels, which are inlaid with colorful abalone–all bearing marks from years past. Lace making is another specialty within these walls where crystals glitter under lantern light whilst old dramas flicker and die away out of mind.Even at the house of Chanel, the simple word-whispers.
Karl Lagerfeld let it be known through his collections that he had liked ginger jar designs in the past. Today, his work still pays tribute to this classic elegance but only with a touch of rock’n’ roll–subtly yet cunningly reinforcing the truth of what Chanel is rooted in.
The Secret Root of Modern Decor
Ginger jars those elegant Chinese cans accented with colorful floral designs or sprawling monsters have rekindled a new wave of love for the home. It seems that everyone from top designers to average Joe DIY types is catching this bug. The touch of the old in a modern styling! Traditional Chinese containers crafted to keep ginger fresh are making their way into homes in curious incarnations.
Some history first. In ancient China, ginger jars were considered a symbol of high status and were used to store and carry various spices. Today, they are draped around shelves in fashionable uptown apartments or tucked in corners of suburban homes. It is obvious that these jars are far from out of date from New York to New Delhi.
Places such as Anthropologie, which stand as champions of eclecticism, have brought ginger-jar images into their lines of merchandise. This has mixed together the good from antiquity with a whimsical brand of modernity. As you may happen on their offerings of frothy blues, florals, fitted-geometrics, each of these whispers yesteryear s stories adapting to today s feeling. Meantime, Pottery Barn takes a kinder, more subtle tack. It sustains and further defines that aged perfection but it really does whisper by just a bit.
Bright, strong; yet essentially elegant, these ginger jar designs play games about cultures and the techniques of the artist. Imagine stepping into a room which is full of the latest, simplified furnishings; suddenly there’s a ginger jar its strong patterns breaking the wilderness with a story keener than a detective novel. When these Concords of home decor come flying past, home decor brands see something good they won t miss: these jars are all telling a story but not saying a word.
How about blending these time-honored designs with the ordinary modern household, you ask? Well, imagine exchanging solemn monochromatics for dramatically vibrant jar decor. Think of a side table that’s dark all over its sole companion an old predictable lamp. What if that lonely table were to moonlight during the day with a ginger jar as centerpiece, colors that croak on to the colorful air?
Ginger jars appeal lies far beyond their look. They arouse emotions, provoke talk, and engender an ambiance that is thriving with secret life. Perhaps this is because they strike a happy middle ground between nostalgia and the contemporary scene. They carry us away to dream rooms in Chinese palaces yet keep us right in our own living rooms. These jars swing a little to one side of their time a waltz of artistic development.
However home decorators are not just using traditional ginger jars. Oh no, the designs have generated a shoal of new interpretations. Mug replicas of the great people imbue rooms with their iconic colors, artists break molds – quite probably to make moderns pieces that go off in complete new directions. This revolution in visualization breathes fresh air into the art world, even inspiring veterans of paintings to give it a second look.
As one example, a little bird told me about her innovative approach putting alongside all my modern kitchen gadgets traditional ginger jars from china. ”It s like Buddha meeting Barista,” she cheerfully combines ancient with modern. Everybody laughed when her friends admired the scene, proving that function and art really can make peace.
