credits: Uluru/Alabama Chanin

Backbone on your sleeve.

Everyone will know you have it.

My father loves the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones jumps into the sea plane after escaping a horde of natives chasing him from the caves where he stole the golden idol; the plane takes off and Indy finds a boa constrictor slithering around his feet; he flips out: “Snakes! I hate snakes!” “That’s just my pet snake Reggie,” Jacques says, “Show a little backbone will ya?”

LVHRD member Caroline Priebe brings this point home with her new collaboration with Alabama Chanin. Priebe’s clothing line, Uluru, has partnered with Alabama Chanin for an ongoing project to customize last season’s garments with appliqués and embroidery.

Frida Kahlo inspired Priebe’s design for the S/S 08 line: dresses will feature a fractured spine down the back as a tribute to Kahlo and a quote from her journal on the tag: “Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly.”

Uluru is well known for their cashmere and knits: “Tan suave como la suavidad de la cadera de una mujer”–that’s Neruda.

via Treehugger