NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion
The Secret World Inside a Haori — Sansui Landsc...
There is a world inside this jacket that most people will never see. The outer fabric of a haori is quiet. Understated. That is intentional. In Japanese aesthetics, restraint on...
The Secret World Inside a Haori — Sansui Landsc...
There is a world inside this jacket that most people will never see. The outer fabric of a haori is quiet. Understated. That is intentional. In Japanese aesthetics, restraint on...
When the Tonbi Grows a Hood — A Rare Black Wool...
Of all the Tonbi coats that have passed through our hands at NAMBA SHOUTEN, this one stopped us. Not because of its colour — black is the most common surviving...
When the Tonbi Grows a Hood — A Rare Black Wool...
Of all the Tonbi coats that have passed through our hands at NAMBA SHOUTEN, this one stopped us. Not because of its colour — black is the most common surviving...
Japanese Fabric Vintage | Before It Became Fabr...
There is a moment, somewhere between being a futon and becoming a piece of cloth, that most textiles never get to experience. In Japan, that moment has a name: hodoki....
Japanese Fabric Vintage | Before It Became Fabr...
There is a moment, somewhere between being a futon and becoming a piece of cloth, that most textiles never get to experience. In Japan, that moment has a name: hodoki....
The Japanese Farmer's Jacket — A Garment Nobody...
Nobody designed this jacket. There was no pattern. No atelier. No designer's name attached to it. A woman in a farmhouse in Tohoku sat down with whatever cloth she had...
The Japanese Farmer's Jacket — A Garment Nobody...
Nobody designed this jacket. There was no pattern. No atelier. No designer's name attached to it. A woman in a farmhouse in Tohoku sat down with whatever cloth she had...
Japanese Patchwork Jacket — Boro, Crazy Pattern...
There is a category of Japanese vintage jacket that stops people mid-scroll. Not because it is pristine. Because it is the opposite. Patched with mismatched fabrics. Stitched in dense geometric...
Japanese Patchwork Jacket — Boro, Crazy Pattern...
There is a category of Japanese vintage jacket that stops people mid-scroll. Not because it is pristine. Because it is the opposite. Patched with mismatched fabrics. Stitched in dense geometric...
Japanese Work Coat — The Garment That Crossed t...
Before fast fashion. Before synthetic fibers. Before the idea of a "capsule wardrobe" existed, Japanese farmers and laborers had already solved the problem of what to wear. They called it...
Japanese Work Coat — The Garment That Crossed t...
Before fast fashion. Before synthetic fibers. Before the idea of a "capsule wardrobe" existed, Japanese farmers and laborers had already solved the problem of what to wear. They called it...