michael.sellin...@gmx.at (michi) wrote in message news:<e53dd9.0412020629.8108...@posting.google.com>...
It is not for puplication. It is frustration over all the trends,
marketing and"latest fashion hypes". Should there not be more than
that, something that is connecting us to our clothes? Isnt that where
it gets interesting when it gets more personal. I am very tired of
all the shallow shopping talk around.
What you're saying reminds me of wabisabi, a Japanese concept that I
read about for the first time a few days ago in the New York Times.
Wabisabi resonated with me instantly. I don't know much about it yet,
but wabi means fresh and simple, maybe rustic and perhaps with an
accidental or unexpected element or flaw that makes the object unique.
Sabi means the beauty of things that have been used or aged.
I don't have any one favorite garment, but the garment I have that is
most wabisabi is probably an old Patgonia windbreaker that packs up
into its own pocket very compactly, fits around the neck and face just
right to provide wind protection, and has kept me comfortable more
hikes and walks than I can remember, all over the U.S. and overseas.
Julianne X