196 — Sunday, July 12, 1998 - North Shore News

Layne Christensen tor $8 and $16.

Fashion Editor They're available at Hill's of
layne@nsnews. Kerrisdale and Blue Ruby in
ay ™ ems: com Oakridge Centre, in the West
Michele Dowling has End at Kitzeo Swimwear, Opus

captured the beauty of Hair and the Colony, on South

Granville at Salon Salon and in
Whistler at Revolution Spa and
Durango.

It’s the first design venture
for the 24-year-old) former
North Shore resident, who
works full dire in promotions
and marketing with 2 liquor
agency.

She's also adorned clips
with brightly colored marabou
putts and is working on velvet
flowers for the fall.

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Louisa Leibman has a col-
lection of handbags the envy of
any dichard fashion fan.

There are satehels and feed
bags, pocket books and porte-
monnai¢, carry-ally and carpet
bags, all designed to coordinate
with current fashion trends.

There is only one drawback

the butterfly in acces-
sories for the hair.

Her buttertly hair clips,
made from feathers and cach
one individually painted, sell

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to these stvlish accewories: they
are crafted not trom supple
leather but from clay.

“People are fooled,” says
Leibman of the trompe Foeil
creations she’s been crafting tor
20 years. Several are currendy
on exhibit ar West Van's Ferry
Building Gallery to July 26.

Born in Buenos Aires and
schooled in) Rhodesia and
Angola, Leibman studied fash-
ion design in South Africa in
the “60s. Five years of studies in
ceramics were to follow before
Leibman opened her own fash-
ion design studio, speciahzing
in high-end leather and wool
garments.

Her leather-look handbags
combine her two passions.
Before moving to North Van
seven vears ago, she exhibited
them in the National Gallery in
Cape Town and Johannesburg
Art Gallery.

Crafted from slabs of clay
that are coiled and then sculpt-
ed, her bags take a good month
to make and two to three

MICHELE Dowling’s butterfly hairpins and clips are a stylish accent to short or long hair. Fashioned from
feathers and individually handpainted, they're available at a variety of stores and salons,,

months to dry before fired ina
Kiln. Several styles sold in South
Africa tor the equivalent: of
$250 to $300 per piece and
were featured in home decor
magazines.

But here in Canada, she's
not vet found a venue for her
sculptural wares.

“People tend to think art is
something you put on the
wall,” says Leibman, who turns

LOUISA Leibman’s pottery purses foci the eye.

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Make nv mistake:
Leibman’s pottery purses are
just tor decoration. But even in
weight, they're surprisingly
similar to the real thing.

“A full woman's handbag
probably weighs what one of
my clay ones does,” says
Leibman. “We carry a lot of
baggage with us ... just in
case,” she laughs.

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