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  • snowyfoxsnowyfox@deadinsi.de
    Aug 28, 2026, 10:06 AM

    In Malaysia we have so much of it from the imported Japan "bundles" that some clothes shopkeepers have resorted to dismantling them into cloth squares and sewing them as T-shirt pockets and T-shirt rears.

    None of these are the basic generic ones by the way, they're cutting the ones with interesting patterns that would've been great in its original state as a kimono.

    It's like the old world is just burning away - all the kimono norms of what level of pattern intricacy for what social occasion, all forgotten and ignored, into "oooh fancy. Cloth! Cut." Which.. yeah, someone dared to throw this into the trash. The old generations' treasure

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  • Sarcastic stochastic carrot.rightsprung@c.im
    Aug 28, 2026, 10:46 AM

    @snowyfox

    This is heartbreaking. It feels the same reading about the old books being destroyed for AI. We are not very good caretakers of history.

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  • Dagnabbit, Pascaline ! 💥pascaline@mastodon.nl
    Aug 28, 2026, 10:51 AM

    @rightsprung @snowyfox

    Same, it is heartbreaking, someone used to touch the fabric, take good care of it, maybe sat in a chair at sunset, watching the intricate patterns change under the dying light, someone turned delicate pages, discovering worlds at each turn, and felt connected with real feelings. It's all so sad.

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  • Janne Morenjannem@fosstodon.org
    Aug 28, 2026, 10:59 AM

    @pascaline @rightsprung @snowyfox
    To be fair, kimono used to be daily wear. Beautiful perhaps, but not luxurious. People sometimes inherit chests full of old kimono, most of which were not ceremonial or special.

    It's like inheriting a dresser full of your grandfathers old suits. Perhaps good quality, and fascinating old fashion. But in the end very few would want to wear those old outdated suits.

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