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Function and style

Haute Couture


                                Leucoindigo she said holding
                                     these fancy blue jeans
                              the pigments a striking rich blue
                                a marvelous sturdy twill fabric
                              or the Murex genus of sea snails
                           indigo the stuff that makes jeans blue
                                      processes that make the
                                      fabrics that stylish jeans
                                                are made of


                                      from the groves of Surrentio
                                  a fabric woven from the fibers of
                                oranges has made people the world
                                              abroad by storm 
                                                    pastazzo
                                      extraction, blending,spinning
                                                and weaving
                                           Waste into high fashion

                                                     Prêt-à-porter
                   last, vamp, counter, welt, soling, edge ink, and edge trim

Copyright © Allan Terry

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