kleidersachen:Japanese Boro via Eric Hibolet
After buying a boro scarf at a Tokyo flea market I wanted to learn more about the scruffy, stylish fabric. This lead to the unravelling of an interesting tale going back hundreds of years. Boro was…
We dive into the history of the Japanese patchwork style Boro, that's commonly seen on brands like Kapital and Koromo.
Originally published by Nathaniel on Think or Smile. Few things put me at peace the way Gem Club does. Like staring at the moon, with stars dimming out of focus, clouds at all sides, churning with a rain that never falls—it’s a melancholic kind of contemplation, yet ever-assuring, as I know that this pure, unrelenting beauty lies just out of reach, just one squint away. Gem Club has soundtracked many a late night while I’ve worked on my own art, often making me wonder what types of visual influences might exist behind the sound fueling mine. Christopher has been [...]
Debuting at the end of 2015 and now available in Hong Kong and Japan, Japanese fashion house KUON incorporates pieces of vintage textiles into their bohemian wares. While that’s not uncommon …
s-c-r-a-p-b-o-o-k: “ The Japanese art of Kintsugi, which means ‘golden joinery’ or ‘to patch with gold’, is all about turning ugly breaks into beautiful fixes. Most repairs hide themselves - the goal...
Handmade Ships from a small business in New York Materials: Upcycled blue denim, gold-lamé fabric, and special European gold threads. Description The Japanese five-hundred-year-old Boro-Sashiko tradition inspires the unique, one-of-a-kind creations by Ilil Arbel. Boro means "tatters and rags," while Sashiko is an embroidery style. This historic, labor-intensive art originated as a sustainable mending necessity but is now placed in museums, high-end stores, and personal collections. All items are 100% handmade, originally designed, and upcycled. They feature vintage Japanese and western natural fabrics, special threads, beads, and goldwork. Boro patches are highly versatile and come in several sizes. Refresh your wardrobe by covering a hole on your jeans, attaching a small patch to a shirt pocket, stitching a larger patch to the back of your jacket, or using any size to embellish a handbag. Many people choose to frame and hang the patches on a wall for an unusual decorative touch. This particular blue and gold patch is based on the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with liquid gold, thus creating a new, and even more valuable object. This intricately embroidered patch aims to replicate the idea in sumptuous repairs of fabric with golden thread and gold-lamé fabric. I am sending you the patches already hemmed to avoid fraying. However, if you prefer the fringed look, remove the stitches around the edge and iron lightly on the backside.
Katie Treggiden speaks to Emily Mae Martin of TOAST who is leading in bringing repair culture into clothing, homewares, and accessories.
Choosing the right jeans Most of the mending projects I share are pretty extreme examples of patching using sashiko inspired mending techniques combined with my own stitching style. The examples that I share are either my own jeans or those that I've found while shopping at thrift/secondhand shops and garage sales. Whe
I’ve been really digging the work I’ve seen from Darn & Dusted, a small, one-man custom repair company over in...
Bengali Kantha stiching
"Make-do" repairs tell you about an item's owner, use, and times.
Isabella Liu was badly injured by a firework when she was 12 - she decided to turn it into something beautiful with her jewellery collection, which has led to critical acclaim
Man’s Ivory Hair Ring (Pa-so-tre-kho) Tibet 18th-19th century maximum outer diameter: 6.2cm, thickness: 2cm, weight: 93g Rings of thick ivory such as this example were used by Tibetan men to hold their hair in place. See van der Starr (2002, p. 173) for examples of such ivory hair rings. This example is notable for two … Read more
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Vintage style, lightweight, natural non-dyed linen kitchen towel. Linen is highly absorbent and dries out very quickly. It becomes softer after every washing. Measurements: 27x18" (69x46 cm) Fabric: 100 % natural linen (flax) Color: grey beige Care: machine washable at 60°C. Pre-washed - doesn’t shrink. Note - Due to monitor/screen settings the colors may vary slightly. Please, be sure to read all shop policies before completing your order. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me! Thank you for visiting my shop! Visit our other family shop, dedicated to natural wooden toys and home accessories: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mielasiela?ref=listing-shop-header-item-count
