Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery, once vital for the durability and warmth of clothes in cold climates. We explore how the charm of this enduring craft is being rediscovered. The ...

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 ...

In recent years, sashiko, a Japanese needlework tradition, has gained a new cultural cache among international fashionistas and craft hobbyists. Most notably, the Iwate Prefecture-based Sashiko Gals ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE — Although many of us know that we need to stop buying so many clothes due to the issues of sustainability, what do you do if your clothes start wearing out? Well, you keep calm and mend ...

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 ...