{"title":"Anniversary collection","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a particular kind of peace that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomes with returning to a beginning. Ten \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyears ago, Salim Azzam’s first collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas stitched together with little more than \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003einstinct, threads, and an attentive eye, turned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003etoward the landscape of his home in Mount \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLebanon. The pieces depicted the women \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Mount Lebanon, wearing their traditional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003enavy, white and black, the iron stoves which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eburned through winter evenings, the stories \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof foxes and chickens that circled every \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003echildhood in those hills. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the decade that followed, our stories and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003edesigns grew larger, bolder, louder with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolour. And yet the original seeds never \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleft. The birds have always been there. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoranges. The figs. The women with their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecareful hands. The embroidery that holds the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethreads of memory. Looking back now, it is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclear that everything which came after was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealready embedded in those first designs - our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003elanguage was spoken before it was learned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/salimazzam.com\/collections\/anniversary-collection.oembed","provider":"Salim Azzam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}