now this is patchwork

A lot of the fashion work I research for my day job takes me to Japan, it's where I get direction for what the youth are wearing, music they are listening to, and general culture. They are always ahead of the trend curve. In addition to this work I spend quite a lot of my time researching the history of Japanese textiles, as the origins of where things come from always puts whatever I am doing into context. You know, history repeating. These antique kimonos, with their random patchwork turn running repairs into fragmented works of art. I like this work so much it called for a break in my style of posting contrasting images, hope you like it.