If we want better fashion culture in the US, we have to lower the cost of housing and commercial real estate, support independent craftspeople, build denser neighborhoods, improve walkability, and get rid of overly restrictive zoning laws. Let kook culture thrive.
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Totally not bitter that I just lost my favorite coffee shop...again.
Please, stay out of urbanism w/ this shit. You will never create Japan w/o the Japanese, regardless of any attempt to "legalize it".
Tho: it is an exceptional zoning policy. Yes, it's good Zoning.
Stop w/ the deregulation BS, Japan is a profoundly regulated space, there is nothing haphazard or random abt it.
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Goddamn dude
thank you for another fantastic thread!
There are some good Japanese brands like Needles and Sillage that are fairly accessible, at least.
That made me reflect on the attention to detail in general, and I’d imagine that focus on quality is in part grounded in similar foundations. This is based on no actual research though 😅
25 years ago I spent a month in Tokyo and the airline lost all my luggage, so I had to buy a lot of clothes on a tight student budget. Even, simple, cheap basics (nowhere near the bespoke things you’re writing about) were really well made and I still have and wear those clothes.
However, I would also like to tell the original poster, there absolutely are fat people in Japan. There are fat people everywhere. We can also wear what we want.
In Tokyo, housing is utilitarian (& not considered an investment) & most people take public transit, so people are more likely to show off via fashion.
Thank you.
Are the tailors old men who will disappear, like the old farmers or the owners of tiny bars?
Tokyo is on another level, but people are still pretty put together outside the big cities.
All the money, energy, and attention USians put into suburban lifestyle doesn't just disappear when you aren't suburban!
I mean I also have enough clothing that ends up on the floor, but that's not by design 😅
The pressure to ‘look good’ there is matched by how many mirrors you encounter on short walks, as simple as a conbini run. Wish it were a thing in NYC.
I imagine the bespoke stuff is solid but is the off the rack stuff flimsy crap like we get over here or do they do better on that as well?
Is “fast fashion” (trash fashion) a thing there?
I lived in Japan for six years. You don't see large screen TVs, king-sized appliances,etc. You see clothes.
NIMBYs rather be dead than live next to an apartment complex with poor people.