Hello there.
A brief self-introduction:
I have been involved in the business of buying and selling clothes for quite some time.
Like the etymology of the Japanese word for "business," akinai, which implies something that doesn't bore you even after doing it for a long time,
it is a calling for me.
The longer I continue, the more I see and feel.
If workwear and military clothing, which represented their respective eras, were the victors of a "physical struggle for survival" in harsh environments, then are designer archives not the result of brands and designers' "challenges and philosophies" surviving in the fast-paced fashion industry?
Even among items casually displayed in stores today, these two values differ significantly.
And what <one> curated extracts is not merely "outdated used clothing."
Even if they were commercial failures at the time, these clothes became the foundation of modern fashion and left a clear context.
It's about finding that one piece that can be called a singularity in its story, and us finding light or interest in it.
Clothes that survived elimination through a unique filter.
The fading, damage, sewing quirks, and material changes etched into them are by no means flaws. They are traces that prove they have survived a fierce struggle for existence, and are irreplaceable values inherent only in that particular piece.
In the Muromachi period, the white, perfectly symmetrical, and glamorous beauty of imported Tang dynasty ceramics was highly valued.
In contrast to this value, Sen no Rikyū created the aesthetic of wabi-sabi, which posits that a beauty surpassing perfection resides in "accidental traces without artifice," such as the black and brown glazes, unevenness, and distortions of bowls.
Rikyū's tea ceremony established new standards of beauty by applying a unique filter to common vessels that, by the prevailing standards of the time, were considered "defective" or mere "everyday items."
What we aim to achieve through this website is precisely that: the "extraction and evaluation of values."