so many germans wearing beige polyester, the british proclivity for muddy (i don't exist) or overbright, ( i'm lurid, so i must exist) being prime examples.
by not seeing how nature combines raw, sunlit, extreme colours daily, one's eyes become attuned to the bland, and the lurches to compensate achieve the level of truly grotesque.
africans love to combine madly, patterns and colours cheerfully colliding in merry lowbrow chaos, but there's a loose coherence, same as their musics' polyrhythms.
india already more formalised, refined...
small rainy islands like japan and england have the most rigid dress codes...weird!
riddle me that ;) ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
While dress codes in Japan may be strict, historically, Japanese woven textiles are the most striking beautiful on the planet, imo.
And let us not forget that the wonderful classic Hawaiian shirt was originally made from cottons imported to the islands from Japan. You can't be me, I'm taken
Japanese woven textiles are the most striking beautiful on the planet, imo.
ever felt tibetan silk? i thought the original hawaaian shirts were in (sustainable!) rayon, from tree fibres, iirc. and yes they were/are wonderfully classic. i used to comb the sally ally shops on the big island in the 70's/80's and found some beauties, which have lasted amazingly, some of extremely fine cotton, which probably did come from japan. those blue and white japanese bathrobes are made of similarly soft, fine cotton too.
egyptian cotton is very highly rated, i had a shirt of it once and it was special... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
The Jokapoika shirt (in grey or black) is de rigeur for Leftish Finnish intellectuals and patriotic architects.
In the early days the textiles were hand screen-printed, cut and sewn in Finland from imported Egyptian cotton. You can't be me, I'm taken
