Africa Fashion

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A last-minute decision to go to the Last Call – Africa Fashion event at the Field Museum was a good one! Not only did I finally see the Africa Fashion exhibit, but I also enjoyed the outfits displayed by other participants. I was one of three or so white guests among 300+ total, and I wore jeans and a white blouse, which made me feel completely inadequate. If not for my friend I called to join me the day before, I would probably feel miserable, but there she was, with her eyes shining, proudly displaying her Ghana costume.

The exhibit (which closes on June 29) is absolutely stunning, but so were the visitors! I regret I didn’t have the courage to ask at least some of them for a photo! Below are the pictures from the exhibition, and I don’t know about you, but I definitely didn’t see anything like that before!

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My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996. I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future. I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life. As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.

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