NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion

Keio 1, July 5: The Name Written on the Flag

Keio 1, July 5: The Name Written on the Flag

Keio 1, July 5, 1865. A triangular cloth flag from the end of the Edo period, hand-inked with a Buddhist posthumous name: Shaku Gyokuro Doji. Applied kamon crests in two...

Keio 1, July 5: The Name Written on the Flag

Keio 1, July 5, 1865. A triangular cloth flag from the end of the Edo period, hand-inked with a Buddhist posthumous name: Shaku Gyokuro Doji. Applied kamon crests in two...

Kansai Yamamoto Homme: Where Cable Meets Crazy

Kansai Yamamoto Homme: Where Cable Meets Crazy

Kansai Yamamoto Homme. Patchwork cable knit sweater, crazy pattern, size M. The collision of two textile traditions — the structured geometry of cable knit and the deliberate disorder of patchwork...

Kansai Yamamoto Homme: Where Cable Meets Crazy

Kansai Yamamoto Homme. Patchwork cable knit sweater, crazy pattern, size M. The collision of two textile traditions — the structured geometry of cable knit and the deliberate disorder of patchwork...

Deadstock in the Warehouse: Hawaii Shoji Wool Trousers and the Honesty of Japanese Manufacturing

Deadstock in the Warehouse: Hawaii Shoji Wool T...

Hawaii Shoji. 1980s–90s Japan. 100% wool deadstock trousers, black, W33 L34. Stored in a warehouse for decades, discovered unused with original tags. V-cut waistband vent, YKK EFLON zipper, classic tapered...

Deadstock in the Warehouse: Hawaii Shoji Wool T...

Hawaii Shoji. 1980s–90s Japan. 100% wool deadstock trousers, black, W33 L34. Stored in a warehouse for decades, discovered unused with original tags. V-cut waistband vent, YKK EFLON zipper, classic tapered...

BLUE BLUE Indigo Denim: The Oni-Hige Fade and the Philosophy of Japanese Indigo

BLUE BLUE Indigo Denim: The Oni-Hige Fade and t...

BLUE BLUE by Hollywood Ranch Market. Indigo denim jeans, size 30, with oni-hige fades — the particular whisker pattern that forms only through real wear. A Japanese brand that took...

BLUE BLUE Indigo Denim: The Oni-Hige Fade and t...

BLUE BLUE by Hollywood Ranch Market. Indigo denim jeans, size 30, with oni-hige fades — the particular whisker pattern that forms only through real wear. A Japanese brand that took...

Late Showa era Japanese haori, kanji-printed lining, ura-masari, crêpe outer fabric, montsuki, Japan vintage kimono jacket, one of a kind

Ura-Masari: The Japanese Art of the Hidden Stat...

In Japan, there is a word for the kind of person who keeps their most powerful statement on the inside.Ura-masari.Literally: “the reverse surpasses.” The lining that outshines the outer fabric....

Ura-Masari: The Japanese Art of the Hidden Stat...

In Japan, there is a word for the kind of person who keeps their most powerful statement on the inside.Ura-masari.Literally: “the reverse surpasses.” The lining that outshines the outer fabric....

Antique Japanese futon cover cotton plaid fabric, mid-Showa era, draped over wooden stool

Futon-Gawa: The Forgotten Cloth That the World ...

Before fast fashion, before synthetic fibers, there was futon-gawa — the hand-woven cotton that wrapped Japanese lives for generations. Here's why the world is waking up to its beauty.

Futon-Gawa: The Forgotten Cloth That the World ...

Before fast fashion, before synthetic fibers, there was futon-gawa — the hand-woven cotton that wrapped Japanese lives for generations. Here's why the world is waking up to its beauty.