Oh, well, sometimes you just have to wonder at the fact that some things never fail to make you go crazy for them, don’t you? This is just what keeps happening to us again and again whenever we come across Japanese textile design that we feel is, for one reason or another, markedly kawaii. Really, we could not get luckier! Imagine, getting to work every day with things that you just love! Japanese fabrics are amongst the amazing range of all textile products sold on our online shop modeS4u, and we are proud to work with great Japanese fabric providers like Cosmo, Kokka, and Echino.
Being of very high quality is one of the defining characteristics of Japanese fabrics. This, of course, makes us and our fabulous customers very happy! Quality helps you greatly enjoy the fabric itself, plus any item you make with it, and throughout all creative stages involved in the making. Another defining trait involves the delightful textures of many structured Japanese fabrics, some of them are really unique, and this is probably the heart of the matter with anything we perceive as unmistakably Japanese: its fascinating uniqueness, together with a subtle and balanced beauty we could call aesthetic harmony.
Just to illustrate what we mean by all that previous musing on Japanese aesthetics — or, rather, on why we simply adore Japanese textile design and never get tired of it, we have selected some images from our shop, and some lovely pictures from our Japanese fabric provider Cosmo, of their gorgeous showroom. There is no doubt they will get the message through, not just because of their worth-a-thousand-words designs, but especially because we really like the Japanese motifs featured on many of their fabrics. Just check them out, and you will see kanji characters, kimonos, Mount Fuji, flower patterns with sakura, plum and chrysanthemum blossoms, and other traditional patterns like karakusa (arabesques), seigaiha (scallop), yagasuri (fletching) etc. Are you in love with Japanese art and design, too? You will then love many items in our shop! We invite you to comment here on what you like best about Japanese aesthetic traditions, kawaii pop-art included.
We will soon return to Cosmo’s showroom with another blog post, in order to show you more images of their wonderful fabrics. We think they are exquisitely exhibited, with many examples of beautiful accessories, home decor and clothes that will likely inspire sewing enthusiasts. In the meanwhile, we recommend that you take a look at the veritable lot of Cosmo fabrics we have in our shop. You will find many types of textiles there: laminates, oxford, canvas, linen, dobby, poplin, double gauze…that is real variety! Enjoy!