This time, I would like to talk about KOROMO store in Teramachi, Kyoto.
There is a clothing store that is always noticeable when I walk in the Teramachi shopping district.
I didn’t have a courage to pass by in front of the store all the time, but I tried to ask the store with a courage to write down about the store on my blog this time, so I received a good reply from them, so I will talk about it.
Somehow, it sticks in my chest …. Nougaki.
I talked a little to the staff.
These days, fast fashion is popular and many people buy it cheaply and enjoy fashion and the chances of knowing good things are decreasing.
The staff told us about KOROMO’s company beliefs.
The taste that is unique to old things that weave the thread of time, and the new weaving machine that finishes as you want, are endlessly beloved as like partners, and “RANRU” and “BORO” that express the indigo gradation, which shows the unique Japanese dyeing technology and gorgeous Kyo-Yuzen kimonos that people all over the world praise are gathered in this land of Kyoto.
It is also a land that transforms making clothes into the field of art as well as home economics. Ans in this land with many temples, words from Zen Buddhism also teach in people’s lives.
“Momenojo” ,
Cotton, momen in Japanese, gently wraps human skin, and even if it is used and worn out, it is still useful as a house cloth and eventually becomes a fiber to attain birth.
Be kind to people at all times, and be willing to improve others even if you get dirty. It is also a word that teaches the way people live.
Every day, there is a cloth by my side, and I am grateful for this work that reminds me of it.
And I could sympathize so much because they believe that the fieldwork is important to confirm with their own eyes such as “what kind of thread was spun for the cloth and what kind of craftsman’s hand was used to form it?”.
Recently, it has been talked about “sustainable”, but at this shop, the concept is already sustainable, and people can wear good things for a long time.
As written on Nougaki, it was a shop where what I had written down on my blog was realized, which conveys the thoughts of the craftsmen of traditional crafts.