NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion
Boro as Beauty: The Story Behind One Indigo Nor...
There are garments that are made to be worn. And then there are garments that are made to be kept — passed down, repaired, and worn again until the fabric...
Boro as Beauty: The Story Behind One Indigo Nor...
There are garments that are made to be worn. And then there are garments that are made to be kept — passed down, repaired, and worn again until the fabric...
Boro Monpe — Reading the Life Written in Cloth
A pair of boro monpe pants from Tohoku. Patched, worn, repaired — and extraordinary. A closer look at Japan’s textile culture of mending, and why it matters now.
Boro Monpe — Reading the Life Written in Cloth
A pair of boro monpe pants from Tohoku. Patched, worn, repaired — and extraordinary. A closer look at Japan’s textile culture of mending, and why it matters now.
Mompe — The Forgotten Workwear of Rural Japan
Before 'functional fashion' became a marketing term, rural women across Tohoku were already wearing the most functional garment imaginable. The story of mompe — Japan's forgotten workwear — and a...
Mompe — The Forgotten Workwear of Rural Japan
Before 'functional fashion' became a marketing term, rural women across Tohoku were already wearing the most functional garment imaginable. The story of mompe — Japan's forgotten workwear — and a...
The Mompe That Rewrote the Rules: Indigo, Patch...
A mid-Showa indigo kasuri mompe unlike any other — crazy patchwork, boro-spirit hand-stitching, and rare NKK brass side zippers. The story of a garment that rewrote the rules.
The Mompe That Rewrote the Rules: Indigo, Patch...
A mid-Showa indigo kasuri mompe unlike any other — crazy patchwork, boro-spirit hand-stitching, and rare NKK brass side zippers. The story of a garment that rewrote the rules.
A Checked Noragi. That Alone Makes It Rare.
Noragi itself is already scarce. Stripes, solids, boro, sashiko, kasuri——each one a reminder of how deep this culture runs. But when a checked noragi came to us recently,something made us...
A Checked Noragi. That Alone Makes It Rare.
Noragi itself is already scarce. Stripes, solids, boro, sashiko, kasuri——each one a reminder of how deep this culture runs. But when a checked noragi came to us recently,something made us...
The Geta That Remembers — Aizu Kiri, Nimaiba, a...
A pair of Showa-era Aizu Kiri nimaiba geta — and the story of the wood, the form, and the department store mark pressed into the brass.
The Geta That Remembers — Aizu Kiri, Nimaiba, a...
A pair of Showa-era Aizu Kiri nimaiba geta — and the story of the wood, the form, and the department store mark pressed into the brass.