Bazaar showcases the very best of Western Australian art, craft and fashion, directly by the artists and craft makers themselves.

Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 December, 10am – 5pm

Over 50 stalls of WA’s finest fashion, craft, jewellery & textiles. The best pre-Christmas market in Perth!

Bazaar is known for being the best market its kind in Western Australia. Now in its 23nd year, the grounds of Fremantle Arts Centre will be a buzz for two days with over 50 stalls featuring the finest wares made in WA.

Fremantle Arts Centre has maintained the quality of Bazaar over the years by selecting makers of the highest quality goods to take up stalls.

Complete your Christmas shopping in the open air, away from the madness of suburban shopping malls. Find something one-of-a-kind from stalls selling stunning jewellery, gorgeous textiles, cutting-edge fashion from emerging designers, unique homewares, ceramics, furniture, glassware, skincare and more.

Tyra covers the current issue of Bazaar and is featured in the cover story dubbed, "American Dream."

From the runway to the Oval Office, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE for Tyra Banks.

Bazaar casts her as First Lady while she reflects on being a model citizen and the politics of fashion.

View the lookbook.

Read the full article.

i have always baked for friends, family and self consumption. My baking passion has pampered them with occasional treats, one week or another, some asking for more, and others prompting me to open shop, in which I will always reply with a big smile... "one day, right now will be a dream". I recall a repartee by my junior colleague, "don't dream, make it happen!". That was my last day working with the guy and that company...I was touched with his confidence because he only tried one cupcake.

17 aug was an auspicious day i suppose, my favourite number for obvious reasons to most, and a good day despite we would like to have more traffic at the bazaar. I can say this, however, " We Will Be Back! ". I have doubts before in the possibility of opening a stall for 8 hours, a Sunday much less! One, it takes sacrifice (a good big scoop of it), then comes patience (as stubborn as the metal beaters of your mixer), next and the biggest part of all - your PASSION, all poured out to the very last drop. I spent many late nights and early mornings baking, designing stickers, packaging the treats...wonderfully i could still wake up to work at 10am or so, when i only slept at 4am.

today my shoulders are aching, but i'm further charged to do better because we learned so much for 1 day under the bleary red umbrella (hahaha....). We will be back for another sunday...much wiser & street smart!

I am most grateful and appreciative to those who have purchased the treats I made with lots of love(!), and very much flattered to YOU who have thought I have a bakery named Te@mo tucked somewhere in town.

for now...u will find me occasionally at Mont Kiara Sunrise Plaza, KL. Cheers!

SARANAN beberapa pembaca agar masyarakat kita tidak lagi menganjurkan bazar semasa Ramadan harus direnungi ertinya.

Konteksnya meluas dari segi pengamalan Islam dan konteks masyarakat majmuk.

Sejauh mana kita mengerti Islam dan memahami syariatnya?

Apakah dengan meniadakan bazar bermakna kita dapat menjadi seorang Muslim yang baik dalam bulan Ramadan?

Apakah dengan meniadakan bazar semasa bulan mulia itu, kita yakin masyarakat dapat 'meriahkan Ramadan dengan ibadah dan amal yang mencerminkan kebaikan dan keihsanan masyarakat Islam'?

Persoalan sedemikian amat perlu kita kupas secara lebih mendalam, sesuai dengan konteks sekitaran Islam yang semakin meningkat dan zaman penyejagatan yang kian terbuka.

Atas sebab itu, timbul keresahan dan tercuit juga kebimbangan apabila membaca saranan beberapa individu agar ditiadakan bazar sempena Ramadan.

Bimbang kerana ia akan menimbulkan pandangan serong, pemahaman negatif atau rasa kurang senang masyarakat lain terhadap kita.

Apatah lagi, dalam sekitaran kehidupan masyarakat Islam dan dunia Barat hari ini, kita sering disalah tanggap masyarakat bukan Islam sebagai bersikap eksklusif - tidak terbuka dan lebih senang berkumpul sesama sendiri.

Masyarakat Melayu/Islam hari ini perlu bijak membezakan:

Oleh itu, Muslim perlu pendekatan progresif.

Bukan saja di Singapura, bahkan seantero Dunia Muslim, termasuk di dua kota suci, terdapat bazar sepanjang Ramadan.

Lihat bagaimana meriahnya suasana bazar yang diadakan di hampir kesemua negara Timur Tengah dan Asia - Malaysia dan Indonesia, tidak terkecuali.

Mungkin kita tidak perasan bahawa kemeriahan bazar itu sendiri mampu memperkukuh ikatan sosiobudaya antara masyarakat berbilang kaum. Pokoknya, kita mesti tahu menguruskannya dengan halus dan bijaksana.

Menerusi bazar Ramadan/Syawal juga kita dapat melihat keunikan yang dibawa para peniaga musiman.

Malah, seorang rakan berpendapat, bazar Ramadan merupakan wadah bagi peniaga kecil Melayu merebut peluang niaga.

Dengan meniadakan bazar Ramadan semata-mata kerana agama, apakah kita mahu menutup sumber rezeki peniaga kecil kita? Begitulah pertanyaannya.

Ada juga bertanya: Sejauh mana masyarakat Muslim di sini yang sebahagian besarnya berbangsa Melayu mahu mendahulukan agama daripada tradisi dan warisan bangsa?

Pertanyaan ini jika diteliti, akan menimbulkan satu dilema.

Bagi sesiapa yang mahu meningkatkan ibadah sepanjang Ramadan, maka silakanlah. Tetapi jika ingin membeli-belah, tersedia bazar.

Yang utama kita perlu teliti daripada memberi isyarat yang salah: kepada umat Islam sendiri dan majoriti bukan Muslim.

Hampir setiap agama ada unsur komersialnya termasuk Krismas. Pokoknya, penganutnya perlu berpada-pada dalam mengimbangi unsur komersial tadi.

Di dalam Al-Quran terdapat perihal urusan musim haji dan izin Ilahi untuk berniaga. Hanya peringatan Ilahi: agar beradab dalam berniaga.

Oleh itu, asatizah dan ulama kita perlu menjelaskan kepada umat Islam agar berimbang dalam setiap hal, termasuk urusan ibadah dan ekonomi.

Islam itu lengkap dan memudahkan. Usahlah kita keliru.

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Ainon and I became models for a new furniture business called Forma. I missed their soft launch at the Halal Food Exhibition a few days ago but they'll be around for the Geylang Bazaar.

If you are serious about finding extra cash and is commited to sell your art. Please contact my handphone number (You can find it at my Photography page or my Facebook) and we can work something out. I am, by the way looking for artist and designers who want to sell their products of any artistic form. I will be at Architecture First Year Studio on Mondays and Fridays.

Example of Fashion+Art market

Bijou Bazaar

BIJOU Bazaar, at the alcove of Jaya Shopping Centre in Section 14, is a treasure trove where you can shop for items such as clothes, glassware, bags, jewellery and home ornaments.

The name Bijou, a French word which means jewel, is somewhat meaningful as some of the trinkets there can be considered great finds. Bijou Bazaar came about when school friends Maryam Samirah Shamsuddin and Elynor Aisha Seth both 29, wanted to open a boutique selling their own designs under their labels, Le Petite Penderie which carries casual wear and Manja for their lace kebayas.

Not sure if their designs were to the taste of potential customers, Maryam and Elynor came up with the idea to set up a bazaar to test the market first. They roped in their friends and other fellow traders to help them, and Bijou Bazaar was set up.

Currently, they held the Bazaar monthly at Jeumpo D'Ramo at Jalan Maarof, Bangsar.

The street bazaars like BD Market and places like Gariahat are fun for me. There are people everywhere, everyone is bargaining at the top of their lungs, tiny shops are filled with colorful fruits and vegetables. And then there is the section of the bazaar where the fish and meats are sold. This part smells disgusting, with fish scales littering the wet ground surrounding the platforms where a row of men sit alongside each other, competing for customers. There are live chickens in cages, squaking and pecking at each other. It seems like they know the end is near for them.

But the air conditioned malls are now preferable to us. Things are more costly, but everything is in one building. There is less haggling and jostling with other people. They are cleaner, and one has the freedom to look at the items one wants to see (versus being shown items, one at a time, by the salesman).

Well, we went the other day, not to shop, but to watch a Hindi film at the theater there. My sister and I watched Singh is Kinng. Can't say I really wanted to watch it, or that it was a wonderful movie, but it was alright. Snoop Dogg collaborated on the title track. But it was a fun experience, sitting through a Bollywood movie (actually, this film is much shorter than the typical), intermission and all. One man's cell phone rang at least four times during the movie, and he answered it! He was practically shouting to be heard over the very loud movie. I didn't really listen to the conversation because I was too busy concentrating on translating as much of the Hindi as I could for my sister. I give the movie a thumbs up, and myself a double thumbs up for understanding the majority and translating it.

After the movie ended, we wandered around the mall for a bit, and passed the Biba store, where I saw a gorgeous white salwar kamiz in the window. I said something to my sister, like "Wow, that salwar is so pretty!" to which my sister replied, "There is no way we're going to be allowed to get it, white gets dirty to easily." We didn't even bother to go in and look at it more closely. But when we got home, we saw that my parents had done some shopping while we were watching the movie, and turns out they had bought that exact salwar for me. Pretty cool, huh? It's funny that they thought I would like that, because my preferences are hard to gauge.

The words of Queens song by the same name have been playing in my head for a while now. I did want to break away from the way I was painting earlier. I didnt get to where I thought I wanted to be. Where I am now is more free (sometimes, like today) than before and I'll be happy here for a while.

The title of this piece is "A woman's work is never done".  I'm at my sisters for a months holiday. She has recently had a baby boy. She also has a toddler who also wants quality time with Mummy. I see her on her feet all day and it seems to be almost all night. Everyday. It's feeding, pumping, changing diapers, playing with the two year old, working and the list goes on. And she has help! This one is for all the women who look after their children, homes and also work. Hats off to them!

12" X 16" on a canvas panel.  Based on a Photo ref by Anil Advani.  Used with permission.

Thinking and trying not to get caught up in trying to get all the details.  Trying to be free and painterly and even if I'm not there yet it's been fun.

I know I've given the men in the background oversized heads but didnt feel like correcting it. Marked as wip as it doesnt feel done yet. I'm going to sleep on it and look at it with fresh eyes tomorrow.  Do you see anything that needs changing?

Here's a sepia version put up because it looked nice. Maybe I'll do one in brown tones :D

Read Part 1...

Zalmai was a taxi driver and the main earner for his family. His income supported ten family members, including an older brother who was shot by the Russians and is paralyzed down the right side of his body. Now the family, which includes four children under the age of three, is finding it extremely difficult to survive. They receive wheat and vegetables from relatives and depend on their neighbors’ generosity.

Things began to look a little more optimistic for Ahmed when one of his relatives told him about the USAID-funded ACAP program. “Finally,” he told me, “I began to feel that there might be hope.” ACAP has agreed to buy the family a cow. “With the cow, we can manufacture milk, yogurt and we will sell this in the bazaar and get income.” As he told me this, a smile finally appeared on his face. Ahmed is still clearly grieving for his son, but now at least he can continue building a future for his family.

The result of strict/rock star parenting and tons of money, the Ronson family appears in this month's Harper's Bazaar. The photo shoot depicts the family of whiz kids as the The Royal Tenenbaums, and the article delves into their family mythos. Makes for an interesting read, and I love that Charlotte Ronson is playing Luke Wilson's part.

--Valentina

Thanks to Mari for the head's up.

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For many time i have use vim or drpython for coding and trying -recently- with eclipse and anjuta for the search of a new application which brings me more power, those 2 last apps are very good but have a high load and consumes a lot of resources. Editra is really easy and has a lot of features not included in many text editors, including: memos, version control system (git, bazaar, cvs, svn), auto-complete, auto-suggestion, etc.

Take a look and you will see a great tool for our work, don't be regret. Soon i will post some small tutorial for plug-in programming for this application, which -by the way- is fully written in python and wxwidgets.

"İki büyük çarşı var ki, bunlara Besenstain ( bedesten) deniliyor. Padişah bunları taştan yaptırmış ve çatısını kemerle ördürmüş. Burada her türlü mücevher ve ipek mamulleri satılır. Altın işlemeli ipekler ve diğer kumaşlar birbirleriyle birleştirilip duvarlara asılır. Bahsi geçen bu çarşıların üstleri kubbeli iç kısımlarında dört duvar vardır. Ortalarında da sütunlar ve bölme duvarları bulunmaktadır. Kare şeklinde üst üste iki tabakalı kalın sütun başlıkları var. Camilerde olduğu gibi kubbe bu sütunlara dayanıyor. Pencereler yüksekte. Çarşı içinde ki bütün yolların kenarlarında yüksek ve güzel tahta sekiler var. Bunlar yerden 1, 1/2 arşın yükseklikte ve öne yola doğru iki arşın genişliğinde konulmuş. Yollarda altı kişi rahatlıkla yürüyebiliyor. Bu tahta sekilerin üzerinde duvarlara dayalı tahta dolaplar durur. Bunlar dört arşın yüksekliğinde ve 2, ½ arşın genişliğindedir. Birçok gözleri var. Tüccarlar buraya ipek kumaşları bırakıp kilitliyorlar. Bu dolapların üst kısmından alttaki sekilere kadar uzanan altın işlemeli rengârenk kumaşlar asılır. Dükkânın iç zeminini oluşturan bu tahta sekilerin üzerine halılar serilmiştir. Halıların uçları sekiden yere doğru sarkıktır. Bu halıların üzerinde de Türk usulü yüzü kadife kaplı ve altın yaldızlı işlemelerle süslenmiş minderler konmuştur. Rum, Yahudi, Ermeni ve diğer milletlerden olan tüccarlar otururlar, dostça sohbet edip, yerler, içerler ve kendi adetleri üzerine çalgı çalıp eğlenirler. Satıcılar bazen bu sekilerin önüne ilaveler yaparak üzerine keten kumaşlar ve halılar yayarlar …Bütün memleketlerden gelen çeşitli ipek kumaşlar bu tüccarlar tarafından müşterilere sunulur… Buralara bakkal dükkanı denilebilir çünkü bunlardan yüz tanesinin içindeki mal bizdeki bir tüccarın mağazasındakinden daha az değerdedir… Gümüş eşya almak isteyen kişi, bit pazarına gider gibi bedestene gelir. Orada her türlü yabancı menşeli eşyayı bulur. Padişaha hediye olarak verilen gümüş kupalar ve diğer gümüş eşya bedestende satılır. Bunlar ya bu şekilde satılır ya da eritilerek gümüş sikkeler yapılır. ( Türkler gümüş kaplardan içmeye alışık olmadıkları için)

Bunun dışında, muhtelif yerlerde bakkalların, atarların ve çeşitli zanaat ustasının alelade tahtadan yapımlı, sokakların iki tarafına sıralanmış dükkânları ve ya hücreye benzeyen küçük satış yerleri var. Bunların önüne tahta kerevitler veya sekiler koyarlar. Yükseklikleri iki arşın kadar olabilir. Buralara güzel halılar ve diğer süslü eşyalar asarlar. Yoldan gelip geçenler bunları görür, seyreder. Kendileri de sekilerde yüzleri kadife ve ipekle kaplanmış minderlerde oturur, sohbet ederek hoş vakit geçirirler."

Aydın AKDENİZ

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무 스투디오에 찾아갔다.갔더니 GAP의 옷이 많이 있어서 진무형은

이걸보고 눈이 돌아가 결국엔 썬글라스를 쓰고 찍었다.다음달

바자를 기대해주시오.아주 가족같은 분위기로 나올꺼 같으니..후후

Here are some pictures:

I gotta get some shizz done.

Holler nerds,

antwan.

Bazaar is the Iran’s traditional marketplace; it’s both a trading concept and an architectural space. It’s not simply an exotic place for trading or an old form of mall, business complex, or stock market, but all these elements can be found there. Bazaar is a religion and a political entity; it’s an elite society and a sect. It a social class, a stronghold of fanaticism, it’s a loud noise in Iran’s society, it is a state of mind.

Tehran Grand Bazaar is the world's largest bazaar. It has many functions that go beyond trading and warehousing. Inside Bazaar, you can see financers, brokers, banks, mullahs, mosques, charlatans, political figures and even branches of foreign businesses who felt in order to succeed in Iranians complex market, they need to have a foot in Bazaar. In its neighboring, you can see crumbling warehouses, illegal medicine and drug shops, pet stores, prostitutes and homeless drug addicts whom apparently did not get their share of the oil-powered, “import cheap, sell pricey” economy of Bazaar.

Toward North West of Bazaar is Iran’s justice department main building. Toward north east, the new built, Nazi style, pyramid shaped Parliament building that can easily hold the MPs of the former USSR and still have place for people who should clap for their sensible decisions.

Toward north, there is “Toop khaneh” square, an old, red-square style open area, housing the Iran’s ministry of IT & T. It is built over the ruins of a building made by Nazis before WWII for the same purpose. That German building built partly over the ruins of a Ghajar Palace.

We hear these days, intellectual debates on differences between Bazaar and Cathedral, and the advantage of the first model over the latter. Alas, these ideas are only good in design and engineering realms. In reality, the Bazaar itself is a grand cathedral, with a central nervous system more powerful and fast reacting than any cathedral ever seen before. Sit in a “Hojre” (room/shop) inside a corridor in Bazaar and news comes to you, unfiltered and faster than the IRNA (Iranian News Agency) site. In this cathedral, the religion is a fanatic sort of Shiaa Islam, the priest is the grand leader, the bread is gold, the wine is oil, and the worshippers are the Bazzaris, the medium to big business merchants who dance with the tunes of the government tricky regulations.

The particular reason why the Bazaar is so successful businesswise after the revolution is in the harmony it has with government. They are virtually immune from all tariffs, product quality and health related checks required for importing goods, they rarely pay a Rial for tax and their employees are usually underpaid, without written agreement in accordance to the Iran’s relatively socialist labor laws and have no insurance. (Sometimes thy have some insurance, but it’s paid less than the value of their real salaries.)

Of course, there is not a single line in Iran’s constitution that mentions such pristine privileges for a certain class of people, but their close relation to the insiders and their blind loyalty apparently made them the most favorite people for the ruling class. In case you were wondering who are those angry mob who come to Tehran’s Friday prayers and chant hate slogans against every government and person who has a sort of conflict of interest with Iran’s government or Keyhan newspaper, there you have it: a large number of the crowd are from Bazaar. Perhaps, being free from almost any auditing, taxation and regulations worth some angry shouting and flag burning each Friday.

Thanks to worldwide sanctions and internal restriction that together deprived Iranian buyers from quality goods, Bazaar’s business model - in general - is a straightforward one. If you have someone friendly with government officials that can give you an import permit, around 50000 USD or more (depending on the type of cargo, of course) and a translator who knows a little English, the rest is easy. Obtaining an economy class ticket of a cheap airline to mainland China, South Korea, or Hong Kong, ordering products custom-made for you by cheapest components and dubious quality / health standards, having them delivered to Iran and sell it with above 100% profit without almost any quality/health control supervision, tax, custom, advertising money will do the job. One last thing, sticking a big fake logo of a famous brand on your products is a plus.

Remember, Iranians, in absence of most American, Japanese, and EU major brands, are hungry buyers who are happy with every country of origin equal to or better than India. South Korea is the gold standard of quality here, German, Swiss, and Japan made products are almost a dream.

In the next post, I will try to cover some human aspect of the Baazari class, that was my main intention of writing this text.