Back to the topic of Sustainable Fashion a little bit. Yes, I repair my own clot

Back to the topic of Sustainable Fashion a little bit. Yes, I repair my own clothes. I haven’t purchased clothes since 2017 when I decided to try this “Social Experiment”. However, I am not an extreme activist. This is merely a choice. I dare not to ask people around to stop purchasing the new clothes.

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As I keep saying, the key of “sustainability (with Sashiko)” is an ability to imagine “as if” we were. It is the “Care” we should have naturally. “Care” isn’t even an ability – it is a choice – we just choose (or not) to care in certain things. For that, Fashion is full of caring. A designer who offers new value to society. Tailors who make clothes with artisanship. It is a beautiful thing to think of someone when we purchase a Jacket while thinking of the “someone”. It is a wonderful moment to wear something new toward the new day. Recycling with “whatever” is not the answer of Sustainable Fashion. I don’t have the answer yet, but I am sure that “care” is a very important factor.

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I do not want “Happiness over someone’s pain”. However, unfortunately, in Capitalism, it is very difficult to avoid all of the possibilities. We may benefit from someone’ pain. How do we change it? Being mindful. Being caring. Think before we act. Learn it so we can avoid ignoring. For that, Sashiko is a good way to be mindful and slow us down. (Sashiko is NOT a word for Slow Stitching. Stitching slow itself isn’t praised in Sashiko – at least, I was very much criticized in my childhood for stitching slow.).

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どんどん英語化しているこのアカウントですが、”できるだけ機械翻訳で英語を日本語にして読んで欲しくない”という我儘があったりします。それだけ英語で書いている言葉自体は僕が大切にした本質からは外れます。（本質を伝える目的の為に、敢えて本質から外れた手段を選んでいるとご理解下さい）。行間を読む（空気を読む）ことと想像力。ムラ社会の日本に存在した良くも悪くもある文化を、如何に伝えるか。◯◯活動家になりたいわけじゃないんです。ただ、英語圏では、主張をしないとスタート地点にすら立てないので。今年の目標です。しっかり日本語でも気持ちを纏めます（配信で語っている内容です）。

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2021-01-09 10:33:04

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