A Higher Value of Clothes
Are you deeply attached to that blue sweater? Do you feel genuine love for those striped pants? Your answer is probably no. Why are...
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Your Sustainable Wardrobe
A new year is here and many, including myself, are reflecting on changes we want to make. Does my life style need improvement? Do I need...
Trousers vs Skirts
Are trousers a masculine garment? Is a dress or a skirt the true expression of a woman? The enigma of feminine and masculine garments...
Every Garments Tells a Story
When I designed my first very own clothing line in the 1980’s, I had many thoughts and ideas about clothing tags. Traditionally they just...
Wardrobe Purge as a Spiritual Practice
Have you ever looked into your wardrobe with zen-glasses on? Whether you see a cluttered mess, a mishmash of styles and garments bought...
A Search for the Essence of the Shirt
This post is a follow-up of An Intricately Woven Love Story. A culture is born, evolves and declines over thousands of years. It finds...
The Secret of the Kimono
On my first trip to Japan, more than thirty years ago, I discovered the kimono and started to wear one at home. I still do. I fell in...
Pros and Cons of a Bra
I need a new bra. Yet, part of me revolts. Why should I wear a bra when I never wear one at home? And why support the...
An Intricately Woven Love Story
I used to be a lover of shirts. Men’s shirts. I preferred the really big, straight ones. Finding (or making) them in interesting fabrics,...
Skirt Reflections
What does the garment we call a skirt in the western world represent on a deeper level? And how is it different from trousers? A skirt...
The Invisible Life of Clothes
In the rush of every-day life, time is often scarce. Some days we simply pick any garments available to keep us warm and dry. If we have...
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