An Ode to Love Stories

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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:27:31 +0000</pubDate>

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&#38;nbsp;PERFORMANCES&#38;nbsp;


Experimenting with moving images and performance art Rain: This Tongue Cuts (2019) references Haitian-Ritual movement and praise dancing. &#38;nbsp;A journey through genuine and authentic forms of self— using the body and its extensions and the way it swells as a metaphor for language. Rain&#38;nbsp;creates a ceremonial visual for the viewer. With original sound experimentation by James Balo, he is highlighting the ideology of Black vernacular and dialect in the Black community and&#38;nbsp; experiences with language finding a home. &#38;nbsp;Rain depicts how language moves in a space when being rejected.&#38;nbsp;


&#38;nbsp;AXE’ BOUT ME&#38;nbsp;


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&#38;nbsp; Axe’ Bout Me: A Prelude to Rain&#38;nbsp;is a photography series documenting a permance thinking of language--more specifically Black Vernacular and how it grows,how it functions, and moves when in a space that doesn’t accept it. Visual ideas on how Black folks language is constantly corrected and how language fluctuates and depreciates when trying to conform. 


&#38;nbsp;Motel Seven: Dear Momma&#38;nbsp;


Ki Moun Nou Ye?


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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 02:08:25 +0000</pubDate>

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SPEAK CHILE-- A&#38;nbsp;Formal Introduction By: James Balo&#38;nbsp;


The 3-chapter video SPEAK CHILE documents a performance and fashion show and creates a safe space for the exploration of Black queer love and family histories.

Titled in homage to the distinct blend of Haitian Creole and Jamaican Patois that was spoken in my household growing up, the work is a tribute to my younger sisters and grandmother. The performance and subsequent video emphasize and visualize my cultural legacy at&#38;nbsp; risk of being lost with the passing of my grandmother, the family matriarch. I emblazoned these jackets, dresses, and coats worn by the models with my own textile designs, each of which contain images of my family along with intricate hand-beading. 

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The performance occurs in three acts that reference the way myself and my grandmother prepared meals together. 

In Act I: EPIS platforms, the characters are introduced and the ingredients for the meal are presented. 

In Act II: Talking SHET the characters gather in the kitchen, gossiping and modeling their clothing.

 In Act III: MANJE TIMOUN, the characters parade their clothes on a grand vogueing runway and gather for a celebratory feast.


&#38;nbsp;CLICK HERE TO SHOP&#38;nbsp;


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&#38;nbsp;CLICK HERE TO SHOP &#38;nbsp;


jameskbalo · SPEAK CHILE - Music Score DEMO By John Tyler

SPEAK CHILE In the before existed to discover ways to depict the way Black vernacular moved in a world where it didn’t have a home.


SPEAK CHILE in the after–

In the now exists as an ode to all the Black children known before and after

To make a home of their own

To feel the home that we are making on this earth beneath ten toes

for us to breathe,

Hard//

and so much of
 
To make rooms out of this home we made

This home we felt on this earth– planted under ten toes

Breathing

 to show that we can

Breathe.

We can breathe hard

And we can still make homes for our stories to breathe

for our stories to plant and sing
for all of our children known to us, 

The children before us

 and all of the children after, 

who want to breathe and feel the homes they can make on this earth and beyond.

SPEAK CHILE exists in the after so we have something pretty to look at.

SPEAK CHILE tells stories so we always have something to say.

SPEAK CHILE exists so we have something that is ours, something that is love.

Another ode to love stories.


SPEAK CHILE--BTS


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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:29:50 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>An Ode to Love Stories</dc:creator>

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		<description>JAMES KAUN BAL0
Griot/ Banton/ Storyteller/ Image-Maker/ Artist

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	&#38;nbsp; James Balo is a Haitian-Jamaican multidisciplinary-artist based in Baltimore, Maryland is originally from Carol City, but was raised by the vast Caribbean communities in Miami, Florida.&#38;nbsp; 
Balo, who is a 2018 United States Presidential Scholar in The Arts and National YoungArts Foundation Finalist in Visual Arts will receive his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
James’ work has been experienced throughout and outside of the country, including Miami, Fl, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Virginia,&#38;nbsp; Baltimore, Maryland, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Georgia, and Haiti.

Balo, who has performed and exhibited at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida’s &#38;nbsp;Adrienne Arsht Center, Sullivan Galleries, and the National YoungArts Foundation Gallery, considers himself to be a Griot or a Banton-- a rakontè istwa or an mc who keeps up the tradition of passing down history. He is in awe of the origin of black love stories. 

Balo is creating interdisciplinary colleges that take the form of psalm, prose, installation, photo, film, textile, fashion, and performance--his work dances and evolvesthrough medium and presentation. 
James is archiving an encyclopedia of his family’s history, culture, and tradition.


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&#38;nbsp;


CONTACT ME

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		<title>UGLY PRETTY BOY</title>
				
		<link>https://balobanton.com/UGLY-PRETTY-BOY</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:29:50 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>An Ode to Love Stories</dc:creator>

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		<description>UGLY PRETTY BOY

"Ugly Pretty Boi" (2018) &#38;nbsp;is a conversational photography series that depicts a personal frustration and journey of self-hate, self-love, and activates a dialogue that pertains to the value of oneself and how over time i’ve personnaly inherited a habit of depreciating my value, and questioning my existence.


&#60;img width="1440" height="1242" width_o="1440" height_o="1242" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6743ada2dc5964734bcc97b83dacb0eb4c0b88fddb4306bcba466647c39ef138/9bdf9a80657793.5ce736cc409eb.jpg" data-mid="140982832" border="0" data-icon-mode alt="Ghost of A Love Story (2021), Digital Collage, 56&#38;quot; X 42&#38;quot;" data-caption="Ghost of A Love Story (2021), Digital Collage, 56&#38;quot; X 42&#38;quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6743ada2dc5964734bcc97b83dacb0eb4c0b88fddb4306bcba466647c39ef138/9bdf9a80657793.5ce736cc409eb.jpg" /&#62;

&#38;nbsp;"Why is the idea of loving my authentic self so obscure?" This series explores anguish of not loving who I am and not being able to acknowledge my own beauty. In Ugly Pretty Boi I display my journey in search for the allure, magnificence, and excellence in my skin, and in my heritage, culture, and community.


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		<title>Are There Palm Trees in Heaven?</title>
				
		<link>https://balobanton.com/Are-There-Palm-Trees-in-Heaven</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:29:50 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>An Ode to Love Stories</dc:creator>

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&#38;nbsp;Are There Palm Trees In Heaven?&#38;nbsp;


jameskbalo · Driving w/ Mummy

 &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;

I’m fascinated about Black love stories… about Black Caribbean folk origin stories. I’m interested in muti-versions of a memory/or varying narratives that contradict another. Family gossip and taboo stories reveal history, provide understanding, share secrets/insight and I'm interested in all those things.&#38;nbsp; 
I am investigating and reimagining the dramatic and soap-opera esque love story between my mother and father.&#38;nbsp;

&#38;nbsp;Are There Palm Trees In Heaven explore ideas about storytelling and the longevity of memories that are not tangible. I am creating placemats, shelters for these memories and narratives to live alongside these griot’s voices--creating a home for them.

 --The work becomes a collaboration with the prominent griots and bantons in my family--my father, Paul Balo and my mother, Shanika Cash.

--The work is an encyclopedia of my family's history, culture, and tradition.

-- This projects encourages the use and manipulation of recorded documents, portraits of kin, quotes, and family photos—it incites taboos in my tribe’s history. 

ATPTH evolves from written work that spans from haiku-to-prose-to short story and dances in the realm of spoken word. This is the creative process to finding a final home for these stories; navigating through various and even culminating and combining mediums. The artwork’s form metamorphose from photography, to found imagery, and digital collage, found material, re-fabrication, installation, sound, video and film. 

 I’m archiving their lives so their sacrifices meant something, so the children after me, the heirs that come after--know our names..

This work makes me feel real.
I treat my practice like a Ritual Assignment. 

This work becomes an offering to my ancestors and their children--this work is my first step to becoming them.


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&#60;img width="3300" height="5100" width_o="3300" height_o="5100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f33d288fd866e7fa4f8c5847e3901c42121c783ee1da6b4d438d135ae0cdc70/Nann-one-of-em-a-palm-tree.jpg" data-mid="141005602" border="0" alt="A Tyler Perry Play (2021), Digital Collage, 11&#38;quot; X 17&#38;quot;" data-caption="A Tyler Perry Play (2021), Digital Collage, 11&#38;quot; X 17&#38;quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f33d288fd866e7fa4f8c5847e3901c42121c783ee1da6b4d438d135ae0cdc70/Nann-one-of-em-a-palm-tree.jpg" /&#62;


The beginning we start on the school bus: Prelude to- “Are There Palm Trees In Heaven”
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The sun tailed Nika on the bus ride to school

and chased her through the windows of the vyann-mi mango colored otobis, 

stumbling past palm and date trees–

Their broad, fraught, deep green leaves swung like granmouns taut men dwat 

–still the sun kissed each genuflected palm and clung to the windows like swollen-plantain ready to be picked
anfle fwi bannann

///

but,

Mummy's head is like mango seeds.
//

We’re here.&#38;nbsp;
The muses wants to start singing here// 
on the school bus,

but we in Mummy’s room.

I’m not there yet, but Mummy’s there.
&#38;nbsp; A frayed mango seed nests under tufts of bedding// and rags// and warm things

like mouchwas and scarves–

and prayer cloths//

like she’s gifting an offering or something.


Nika groans my name like she humming a song 

A gritty ‘James’ scummages through moth-gnawed bath towels corking the cracks under the bedroom door

I don’t hear her. 

She waits..before she sings my name again,

 and lays her worked on and matted mango seed on top of her warm things 
and nest there 

and feels the stomping approaching her across the room//

behind the door// 

down the hall//

and through the living room//

where I am making lullabies with my feet--

The sound of my journey to her.. like laying on hands -- tucks her into bed.

I crack Mummy’s bedroom door and push through the worn and torn towels working like caulking.&#38;nbsp;
Blue light dances on her forehead

and she rests there.
Her fraid mango seed
unveiled,

de-bonnet’d, 

and perched.&#38;nbsp;

“Muuummy” I sing back to her through dry lips
 and breathe a faux-yawn,
 signal weariness, 
signal a tired child.

She pays me no mind.

Mummy flutters her eyes--and they don’t open. 
“MUMMY” I go louder. A rough soft. 

Mummy jolts out of her sleep and stares at this ‘bad man’

this thief in the night who was stealing cool air into the warm Miami april night,

right where I was standing. 

The door creaks out a shrill as I push it closed--- pushing out Miami. 

This calms Mummy--
she eases back onto her nest of warm things and closes her eyesshe asks:

“James”

“you ain't hear me calling you?”&#38;nbsp; 

She doesn’t wait for an answer-- she scratches her scalp..

“are you happy home??”

But it doesnt work its way off her tongue with words–her fingers runs through her hair and I watch her tug and twirl and spin some dance—like laying of hips– she stretches out this braid, plucking at new growth.

“Since you gon’ and left, &#38;nbsp;Jakyra’s green thumb been planting in my scalp”

She teases.

“Aint it long” a grin creeps up&#38;nbsp;


A confession of gossip to Mummyand she gets the story right 

 “He talked about ur hands mummy… talked about how wet they were.”


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WHAT GROWS HERE?---&#38;nbsp;PAPA HAS A GARDEN IN HAITI
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Like clockwork,

morning dew obied,

 the sun stretched 

and the roosters sang//
 the ceiling fell 
God was there, 

and so was Nika, 

and love stories ‘bout daddy hung from where the chandelier ‘ought have been 
and it served as light// 
as it served God

 and Nika liked it.

Nika thought and Nika dressed//

 and Nika danced,

 but when Nika spoke
coconuts cracked and Teeths clenched//

 and palm trees sweat.&#38;nbsp;

‘You know they called him T-bay? 
Yeah, they called him anything from Black Grease, to the gristle in the pot, 

but I never knew anyone to call him Paul.”

“What’d you call him, Mummy?” I asked

‘Never mind that’ 
she says with her eyes more than her words. 

She called him ‘Big Daddy’. 

Embarrassing, 
yes,
 in her now womanhood, 
but the memory of that young Jamaican-American girl finding good in this vakabon on a school bus is an attractive tale.

‘He wasn’t all bad–’ Nika started. ‘--maybe troubled, but he wasn’t all bad’

The words sat buoyant in the air, and were just still for a moment. 

It sounded persuasive, as to convince herself more than I. 

And then she continued with a murmur:

‘--but he tended to the weeds, and I watched him play tricks on-top of anthills’&#38;nbsp;


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Nika’s Greek Chorus:&#38;nbsp;‘Date Trees &#38;amp; Grabba Leaves’
(Staccato;)

[chant]

grabb-my tongue wrappin ‘round ya revolver 
don’ I kno’ my way ‘round ya revolver
//
a menace under da covers, 

a master mother-lover,

a bedroom bully fucking a gutterbutt fucker 
thicc mud-pie thighs shaped just like Suzie

‘tig ole’ 3-0-5 cunning-cunt-prized boobies 
smuggled bedazzled-coochie

//
pus--sy//dumb//choosy
drenched lips//soaking wet//get sipped on like smoothies. 

[chant]

(Staccato;)
Sit back,
let-me-set-off-the-show-sir

SWELL
as-I-grip-on-revolver

GRABBA
watch-my-tongue-like-a--dancer

Proceed,

cuz-she-don't’-wait-for-answers
//
She get moody
busta’--

--won’t confuse ha/

wit no floozy
bottom lip slow dancing with ha doobie
free from da cooties 
low hoodie 
arm distance from da groupies
race-horse slappable ghetto chicken head booty

cheri, sookie-- 
sookie? she ain't giving up her cookies..

and she cheeky. 
muphuckas cant

take--the way

she //sleek these-

-niggas

‘cross da pavement 

TEACH BASIC BITCHES DA BASICS 

get hectic!
they call miss cash so nika wreck shit

they tested
feelin plushy up&#38;nbsp; ‘tween his pla-NET
and she manage
body carved
belly tucked in n’ sanded 

please the tushie 

squeeze

said
Balo gushy and mushy 
worth

da fee

the bussy greased 

fools drool 
drip down to da knees&#38;nbsp; 
da monies handed
rings of da world 

chummy lil gworls 
nana wreak, steamed n’ rancid---lick my world

interior feel like spaceships
makin; &#38;nbsp;limp dick cum quick
finishing first 
like she already done had her-ses.

[chant]
don’ I kno’ my way ‘round ya revolver
watch my tongue grabba wrap ‘round a revolver

 
niggaaaaa&#38;nbsp; 

please

-----

Dese dates

They haunt you

Dese dates

They house you

Dese dayz

Ill hold you

Ill love you

If you stay

Lay wit me and 

dese date trees 

Lay wit me and 

dese date trees 

Dese dayz 

Dey dont see you

Dese dayz 

Im witchu

Lay and play 

Dream on timoun

Dese dates

Are free 

Lay wit me

And dese date trees


Are There Palm Trees In Heaven?


 I wonder are there palm trees in heaven and

do they sweat? 

Do they lick each word when they speak like my kinfolk do? 

Do they dance?

Do they borrow souls for song— do they sing? 

I wonder if Mommy sing’ still. 

What is she even singing bout’?

Seems like God only sang Colored folk the blues.

Mommy never seemed fit to dream, or sing, or dance, but she did smile.

Smiles that tootsie rolled, and hummed, and dreamt. &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp; 

Daddy says he used to sit next to Mommy on the school bus just to feel her. 

Said he’d feather and spread her fingers apart from one another,

yet, against his,

said they lingered and flooded the room.

His mouth already fixed an apology for his hands, he said Mommy didn't seem to mind.

I think she liked when he held her.

I like when they talk about love, they seem real--they’d never used to in the before,

In the after, they talk about love. 

I ask Papa to tell me a story, 

Daddy doesn’t speak in poems though, 

Papa, e mwe mem ?

 Papa,e Manman?

Dad, what about me,&#38;nbsp; Dad, what about Mommy?

I think Daddy looks at his hands, then he closes his eyes as if to see me , then looks back at his hands, and then he tells me he closes his eyes&#38;nbsp; again, 

so that he can see me, 

and says nothing. 

“Papa, Èske ou ka di m 'yon istwa sou renmen? Tell me a love story.&#38;nbsp; Daddy, do you still dream? Daddy, do you think that there are palm trees in heaven?”
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		<title>CV</title>
				
		<link>https://balobanton.com/CV</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:29:51 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>An Ode to Love Stories</dc:creator>

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		<title>SPEAK CHILE SHOP</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 07:38:08 +0000</pubDate>

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&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;SPEAK CHILE SHOP&#38;nbsp;


Loose flowy slip dress with adjustable&#38;nbsp;spaghetti straps and 4 inch side slits. 
Dry clean only. 
This silhouette is made of silk charmeuse.
Size: Large


&#60;img width="3000" height="3014" width_o="3000" height_o="3014" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d457db7798a40bb4da42934beb8caabccc94b3c8039741fa2f8669e686bd36e9/_SC_LAY_LAY_S-D_.png" data-mid="141497016" border="0" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION LAY-LAY SLIP DRESS" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION LAY-LAY SLIP DRESS" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d457db7798a40bb4da42934beb8caabccc94b3c8039741fa2f8669e686bd36e9/_SC_LAY_LAY_S-D_.png" /&#62;


Sporty tank top fit made with mesh perfect for wearing solo or layering for warmer weather.SPORTS MESH
Machine wash cold with similar colors and hang dry.
Size: XL


&#60;img width="3000" height="3191" width_o="3000" height_o="3191" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f47820ab033f1cd10f9087900ad7cc3c2239d92ad9a6830db77f71002d67c1dc/_ATPTH_STORYBOOK_GATES_M-T_.png" data-mid="141496789" border="0" alt="ATPTH 2022 COLLECTION SBG MESH TANK" data-caption="ATPTH 2022 COLLECTION SBG MESH TANK" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f47820ab033f1cd10f9087900ad7cc3c2239d92ad9a6830db77f71002d67c1dc/_ATPTH_STORYBOOK_GATES_M-T_.png" /&#62;


Comfortable fitting cotton robe with two front pockets and stylish black piping on the collar &#38;amp; pocket seams. 
Includes a black sash to tie at the waist or let hang through two side belt loops. 
MIDWEIGHT COTTON
Machine wash cold with similar colors tumble dry on low heat.Size: Medium


&#60;img width="3000" height="3036" width_o="3000" height_o="3036" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38faa9c22e0debe495ae1402fc2e36e73ff4f170256530c034d67a81929bf5f6/_SC_SHO_SHO_.png" data-mid="141496881" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION SHO-SHO ROBE" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION SHO-SHO ROBE" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38faa9c22e0debe495ae1402fc2e36e73ff4f170256530c034d67a81929bf5f6/_SC_SHO_SHO_.png" /&#62;

	
Unisex Loose fitting knee/calf length neoprene trench coat with plastic buttons up the front two front welt flap pockets and decorative buttoned strap details at the cuffs.
Hand wash in cold water and hang dry.
HPS: 45 Chest: 25 Waist: 25 Shoulder: 8 Sleeve: 20

Size:Medium


&#60;img width="3000" height="3041" width_o="3000" height_o="3041" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3680bd61bc92a6d298a3abd9ebea6c4b5d6c5b7a2984039b6e58f0ee620502d5/_SC_MUMMY_N_ME_.png" data-mid="141496992" border="0" data-scale="96" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION MNM TRENCH COAT" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION MNM TRENCH COAT" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3680bd61bc92a6d298a3abd9ebea6c4b5d6c5b7a2984039b6e58f0ee620502d5/_SC_MUMMY_N_ME_.png" /&#62;


Unisex Loose fitting knee/calf length neoprene trench coat with plastic buttons up the front two front welt flap pockets and decorative buttoned strap details at the cuffs.

Hand wash in cold water and hang dry.
Size: XL


&#60;img width="3000" height="3027" width_o="3000" height_o="3027" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f04210e470845e94e3cc1489d71b0401fcfcf02bf97e133beefac7818bf45a0/_SC_HIMA_T-C_.png" data-mid="141496998" border="0" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 HIMA TRENCH COAT" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 HIMA TRENCH COAT" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f04210e470845e94e3cc1489d71b0401fcfcf02bf97e133beefac7818bf45a0/_SC_HIMA_T-C_.png" /&#62;


Straight leg trouser with zip up fly hook &#38;amp; bar closure belt loops and side slit &#38;amp; back welt pockets.
COTTON TWILL
Machine wash cold with similar colors tumble dry on low heat.
Size: Medium
&#60;img width="3000" height="3653" width_o="3000" height_o="3653" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaebafe960a38fd89197343e71484374429339a54ff3afa5f4adb1832b94a4c4/SPC2020-T-BAY-TROUSERS.png" data-mid="141502585" border="0" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 T-BAY TROUSERS" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 T-BAY TROUSERS" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aaebafe960a38fd89197343e71484374429339a54ff3afa5f4adb1832b94a4c4/SPC2020-T-BAY-TROUSERS.png" /&#62;


Loose fit jumpsuit in mesh with short sleeves front patch pockets at the hips and a zip up breast pocket. 
Double pull zipper at the front makes it easy to get on and off. The back features a slight elastic cinch at the waist. 
100% Sports Mesh
Machine wash cold with similar colors tumble dry on low heat.
Size: XL

&#60;img width="3000" height="3075" width_o="3000" height_o="3075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8eff531e1029b7c6453eac30dfdb700cddfe2d08bcd64d6b4f9f28b85e296bab/SPC2020-SHA-SHA-MESH-JUMPSUIT.png" data-mid="141502584" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 SHA-SHA MESH JUMPSUIT" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 SHA-SHA MESH JUMPSUIT" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8eff531e1029b7c6453eac30dfdb700cddfe2d08bcd64d6b4f9f28b85e296bab/SPC2020-SHA-SHA-MESH-JUMPSUIT.png" /&#62;


Straight leg trouser with zip up fly hook &#38;amp; bar closure belt loops and side slit &#38;amp; back welt pockets.
COTTON TWILL
Machine wash cold with similar colors tumble dry on low heat.
Size: Medium


&#60;img width="3000" height="4652" width_o="3000" height_o="4652" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46a548d8cd3246eb7899495f827abee5292c2ae61cc8621955a194e69ba98898/SC_JNJ_TROUSERS_.png" data-mid="141504412" border="0" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION JNJ TROUSERS" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION JNJ TROUSERS" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46a548d8cd3246eb7899495f827abee5292c2ae61cc8621955a194e69ba98898/SC_JNJ_TROUSERS_.png" /&#62;


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&#60;img width="3000" height="3816" width_o="3000" height_o="3816" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b032a2c103fef6755555c76b2b38dc29723bfe9b63fe5c1b636c10c31729828/SC2020_COLLECTION_KUKU_TRENCH_COAT_.png" data-mid="141506060" border="0" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION KUKU TRENCH COAT" data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION KUKU TRENCH COAT" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b032a2c103fef6755555c76b2b38dc29723bfe9b63fe5c1b636c10c31729828/SC2020_COLLECTION_KUKU_TRENCH_COAT_.png" /&#62;
&#60;img width="3000" height="3069" width_o="3000" height_o="3069" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33b05f5df75a6fc65741471d79e310cfb6cf6df02b0b40165da2d06cd74e807c/_SS_KU_KU_MESH_.png" data-mid="141496984" border="0" data-scale="88" alt="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION KU-KU MESH JUMPSUIT " data-caption="SPEAK CHILE 2020 COLLECTION KU-KU MESH JUMPSUIT " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33b05f5df75a6fc65741471d79e310cfb6cf6df02b0b40165da2d06cd74e807c/_SS_KU_KU_MESH_.png" /&#62;
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&#60;img width="3000" height="3023" width_o="3000" height_o="3023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c8f828b3a36cfd6aedfa4e64a5021363f5014b2e5aa5741a051480ae2a41398/_ATPTH_PAPA_Y_JIM_M-T_.png" data-mid="141496514" border="0" data-scale="62" alt="ATPTH 2022 COLLECTION PYJ MESH TANK TOP" data-caption="ATPTH 2022 COLLECTION PYJ MESH TANK TOP" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c8f828b3a36cfd6aedfa4e64a5021363f5014b2e5aa5741a051480ae2a41398/_ATPTH_PAPA_Y_JIM_M-T_.png" /&#62;


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