From ancient times till today women have been drawn to the beauty and elegance of jade bracelets. Even today, it is still the favorite accessory for women, especially in Asian countries. Jade comes in different colors and shades. The most common ones are emerald green and milky white. Both colors are a good match for ...
The fashion industry is currently going through a significant change in its approach toward sustainability, aiming to transform from a wasteful and polluting industry into a cleaner sector. While fish skin leather was used for centuries by Indigenous people, it was pushed aside by methodologies that offered more profitable characteristics. Today, however, the ever-increasing focus ...
To describe something as “natural” is to recognize that it exists or is derived from nature. Something natural has not been created or caused by humankind. The “natural look” was a trend in the 1970s. It emphasized a natural appearance through hair, clothing, makeup, and accessories. The 1970s also marked the return of the “natural brow” (eyebrow) as ...
Ohaguro — or “blackened teeth” — is a practice in which people, mainly women, dye their teeth black. While the custom of Ohaguro was practiced in different parts of the world, It is most commonly associated with Japan. Society has always dictated what is attractive and beautiful, and this is no exception. Up until the end ...
Clothing rental sites are all about a sustainable message. It’s all about buying clothes that last as opposed to buying up fast fashion items that don’t even last a season. How many clothes have you bought over the years that you’ve hardly worn or bought clothes just because they were on sale only to realize ...
Your shoes go through a lot and what thanks do you give them? Rainy days, dusty sidewalks, and grassy fields are just a few of the obstacles they are up against in an average year. Whether you’re wearing women’s supportive sneakers or tall leather combat boots, there’s a lot that can compromise the beauty of your new shoes. ...
There is a broad spectrum of emotions experienced by women who discover their first strand of gray hair. It goes from complete indifference to despondency to out-and-out hysteria. Whatever range of the spectrum they are on, most women find themselves being pressured into the ongoing whirlpool of hair dyeing. Persistence is key and once you ...
Tian Qi’s Tang Dynasty-inspired handbags came about when Qi, an avid art collector and architect, came across an exhibition poster of Japan’s Nara museum, he was intrigued. The poster showed the image of a Tang pipa instrument that had a round flower and light-colored square pattern decoration on it. The simplicity of the design and ...
In Search of Forgotten Colors is one of Japan’s national broadcaster NHK’s four short documentaries exploring Sachio Yoshioka’s work on natural dyes. Yoshioka is the fifth-generation head of the Somenotsukasa Yoshioka dye workshop in Fushimi. Yoshioka and natural dyes In 1988, Yoshioka took over his family business and immediately stopped using synthetic colors and moved ...
Fashion trends can sometimes be bizarre, bordering on ridiculousness. A weird trend spread across China in 2015 when people began sporting plastic decorations in the shape of plants, vegetables, and fruits on their heads. While the fad seems to have died down now, this bizarre “plant fashion” remains one of the weirdest in China’s recent ...
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