This gorgeous MOLA denim jacket was handmade by Southern California fabric artist Debra Boudreau as a gift to her good friend Diana Barnwell. Both women worked for the American Institute of Architects in Pasadena. 

Diana died a few years ago and left it to me, but alas, I never wear it, so it's time to move it along to someone who will wear and enjoy the compliments it will garner!

It's an oversize jacket with UNISEX STYLING so, while it was made for a woman, any gender can wear it and look fabulous!

Versatile garment, perfect for casual wear over a Tshirt and jeans, or wear it with black pants and shirt or sweater for more dressy occasions. Cool, contemporary, artsy look!

Measurements:

Chest: 56"

Length: 31"

Removable art pin on the front, pinned just above the small MOLA. 

Zip front

Long Sleeve

ABOUT MOLAS:

The Mola is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panama. Their clothing includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the mola blouse (dulemor).

Two groups, Choco and Guna lived side by side without intermarriage and without adopting a similar culture.

In Dulegaya, the Guna's native language, "mola" means "shirt" or "clothing". The mola originated with the tradition of Guna women painting their bodies with geometric designs, using available natural colors; at a certain point, after the arrival of the Spanish, these same designs were woven in cotton, and later still, sewn using cloth "acquired by trade from the ships that came to barter for coconuts during the 19th century".