A Portable Reminder

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This work takes the form of a pilgrim’s skirt—one of the most basic garments a human body can wear. Across cultures, a simple piece of fabric wrapped around the body has served both men and women. It represents a direct relationship between thread, cloth, and movement.

 

In Japan, garments such as the Hakama and the Kimono are constructed from straight panels of fabric, respecting the logic of the woven textile. These forms reflect a time when clothing was designed with minimal waste, and could be repaired, reused, and passed on.

 

The skirt becomes a portable reminder of the choices shaping the future of textiles.

 

Today, two directions emerge. One reconnects us with natural, cultivated fibres—organic, unprocessed, and chemical-free materials such as plant-based alternatives including orange or cactus fibres. The other moves toward advanced technological fabrics: smart e-textiles capable of sensing, protecting, or generating energy through conductive fibres, polymers, and nano-materials.

 

Between ancestral material wisdom and technological innovation, the work invites us to pause and consider which threads we choose to weave into the future. It is in the deliberate rhythm of slow stitching—through slow art and slow fashion—that we can reorient ourselves and find our true north.