The "visible mending" movement is being driven by individuals concerned about the environmental impact of new clothing. But its roots go back centuries to the Japanese tradition of sashiko. Many ...
400 years ago, a stitching technique called sashiko surged among working rural communities in Japan. Intended to reinforce fabrics for brutal winters, it also results in intricately textured clothing, ...
C.P. Company and Sashiko Gals have teamed up for the first time to release an ultra-limited 15-piece capsule collection. Sashiko Gals, an Ootsuchi-based project, aims to preserve the traditional ...
Participants try their hand at "sashiko" embroidery at a workshop in a Uniqlo outlet in Maebashi on Feb. 9, 2024. (Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto) MAEBASHI -- A workshop to repair clothes using the ...
C.P. Company and Sashiko Gals release a new collaboration featuring one-of-a-kind military-inspired archive pieces The collection incorporates traditional Japanese “Sashiko” stitching, with each item ...