Sashiko is a traditional form of Japanese embroidery that has a rich history dating back over 400 years. It was created as a practical stitching technique to reinforce and repair textiles and formed ...
Sashiko is easy, practical and beautiful – and gaining fans around the world. Bel Jacobs speaks to practitioners to find out more. Earlier this year, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's ...
A traditional Japanese sewing technique called sashiko, taught to victims of a 2011 disaster, has sparked a business creating distinctive footwear. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Otsuchi, Japan On ...
Our Sashiko Jacket is soft and extremely comfortable to wear, but the 5.5km of meta-aramid fiber stitching means that it’s also tough and hard-wearing.” By using tough materials and the traditional ...
Participants try their hand at "sashiko" embroidery at a workshop in a Uniqlo outlet in Maebashi on Feb. 9, 2024. (Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto) MAEBASHI -- A workshop to repair clothes using the ...
C.P. Company and Sashiko Gals release a new collaboration featuring one-of-a-kind military-inspired archive pieces The collection incorporates traditional Japanese “Sashiko” stitching, with each item ...
Sashiko is easy, practical and beautiful – and gaining fans around the world. Bel Jacobs speaks to practitioners to find out more. This luxurious adjunct aside, the jacket's makers would have been ...