mood board: Moroccan style
It may have started with Valentino stealing a kiss in the casbah or Lawrence of Arabia storming across rippling sands astride a camel, but our fascination with desert cultures has had a long history and continues till today. In this month’s Mood Board, we explore the exotic desert land of Morocco to discover the elements of Moroccan style.
Natives of the desert have lived primarily a nomadic, tribal life and consequently their furnishings had to be portable too. Through their travels they carried with them pillows for their seating, small tables and folding chairs to dine with, and rugs to cover the sand. Eventually some natives settled into walled cities - the casbah - but their homes still echo their past nomadic lifestyles.