Nugettes

The Nugettes project (pronounced "New Gets") uses NFT crypto technology to turn an uncoordinated collection of Burmese refugee camps into a virtual textile corporation owned by the workers. Textile artisans living within the Burmese refugee camps just outside the borders of Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar) produce handmade textiles, both woven and knitted.

Each item has a unique QR code hand woven into its fibers. The QR codes are styled after the red, white, and blue Burmese flag. The Nugettes designer fashion brand's logo is the branded QR codes. Each QR code contains the unique URL to an item's unique NFT ID, which is essentially just the digital receipt for the physical good.

Each time one of the physical Nugette goods moves between supply chain organizations or is sold by an individual, the crypto code smart contract automaticly deposits royalties directly into the artisan's personal crypto-wallet.

The following longyi skirt is a prototype of a Nugettes product. The brand's logo is to be woven into the lower corner of the longyi skirts.

Burma

"Burma" was and "Burma" will be the name of the country. "Myanmar" is just the name that the vile junta changed it to, when their 1988 coup d'état turned the country into an international pariah. The junta tried to pull a fast one with a national rebadging via name change, all the while smirking about moving to multi-ethnic inclusivity because "Burma" was derived from the Burman ethnicity, the largest in the country. Herein the country will be referred to as "Burma."

NUG

The National Unity Government (abbreviated NUG, pronounced "new gee," making this the "New Gets" fashion project) is the democratically elected government of Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar). That is their flag above. They fairly won the election of late 2020, even though 25% of the senate seats were reserved for the military's party.

Coup d'état

On the morning of February 1st, 2021, there was cout d'état in Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar). While making an exercise video, fitness instructor Khing Hnin Wai unwittingly captured events on YouTube. The black trucks rolling through in the background were on their way to decapitate the legally elected government. The 1983 song, Coup d'état, by the Circle Jerks provides the perfect overdub soundtrack for the video.

One might ask, "how is it that 25% of these parliamentary seats were reserved for the military?" Well, you'll be "shocked. Shocked!" To find out that the military wrote the constitution. So, they REALLY lost the last election in late 2020. Their response to the people's vote was the February 2021 coup d'état, right before the new administration was to take power. The military is just straight up butthurt sore losers who when things did not go their way overthrew the rigged-in-their-favor democracy. Lovely.

Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun is the currently seated representative of Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar) at the United Nations. Here he is shown a few days after the coup d'état, rejecting the junta (known as the Tatmadaw) as his new bosses by flashing the three fingered sign of the democratically elected resistance government, the NUG. In response, the Tatmadaw sent two assassins to try to kill him in New York. Repeating for emphasis: a foriegn military junta set killers loose on American soil.

Yup, that salute. Indeed, Hunger Games is where they lifted that gesture from. Because... :)

Suffragettes

This project has been named "NUGettes" in reference to the historical suffragettes. Just like the suffragettes, these Burmese woman simply want a political voice. They want their democracy back. They want to represent themselves in their society. Currently, with the coup, their voices no longer mean anything politically.