Barbara de Jounge
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About Barbara


Barbara de Jounge is a former educator and art teacher who continually experiments with textiles and tradition-breaking design. Her process of slashing, punching and otherwise distressing wool before felting and dying is in the vanguard of fashion design.

Her fun and upbeat creations include vests, wraps and scarves cleverly consisting of multiple cuffed sleeves, dresses and skirts with gloves serving as pockets.

   

"My life has been extraordinarily varied and colorful, sometimes feeling as if from a Guy de Maupassant novel. My philosophy is Emersonian -- simple, direct, straightforward. I am fortunate in my second chapter to spend my hours pursuing my art. The simple art of making things with a cutting table, sewing machine and washing machine. One piece leads to the next. I have so many things I have done and yet so many more awaiting to come. There are never enough hours in the day. My influences are chiefly a few Japanese renegades, Rei Kawakubo and Jun Takahashi of Undercover. I am a minimalist in my life and my work."

-- Barbara de Jounge


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Barbara de Jounge
Laguna Beach, CA 92651    Phone 949-497-7143
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