Tokyo, known as the fashion capital of the new and innovative, home to Hello Kitty, had nothing for me. I had accepted the fact that Japanese design trends was only for the young and thin.
Tokyo is the hotbed of Japanese fashion design. But after five days of fabulous shopping and eating, I had yet to find Japanese style for this body. Alas, woe to the aging boomer body. Or so I thought.
Way down south, way out side of Hiroshima is Kurashiki. No one would accuse this little town of being a fashion trend setter. But, I found artists village going up among the traditional old wooden shop fronts. And a clothing shop just made for me!
Yomogi is one of two shops in the old-town section of main street Kurashiki. By now, my eye was trained to ignore clothing boutiques, so when I glanced at this one, I saw old ladies like me perusing the racks. Hmmm...if there's something for her, I thought, maybe, just maybe, there is something for me.
So in we went, Susan and I, just to look. Well, we hit the jackpot among the light weight summer cottons, loose, elastic waist pants, A-line blouses, tunics and assorted T-shirts. And so reasonably priced too. But as suspected, not made in Japan. However, the quality of the sewing impressed this garment-o, French seams, bias bound seams, everything clean finished! Techniques not seen since last century, and probably not even taught in schools.
