Bibliotheca May 2023 – Royalty: The Courts of Hell Enforce Copyright Law Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “Royalty.” Originally I intended to write about how denizens of Hell were depicted in Chinese and Japanese art (with a little weirdness thrown in fromContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and Intellectual Property Rights in Fashion and Art”
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The Mukashi no Sewing Language of Flowers
Bibliotheca April 2023 – Florals: These are the Florals in My Clothes Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “Florals.” Flowers as carriers of meaning have been tremendously important in Japan throughout history, as well as in the Victorian Era. So I thought itContinue reading “The Mukashi no Sewing Language of Flowers”
Futou (幞头) and Kanmuri (冠) – Black Gauze Caps from Ancient China and Japan
Bibliotheca March 2023 – Hats & Headwear: Bring Me a Hat, the More Obscure the Better Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “hats and headwear.” I haven’t watched the X-Files in a SUPER long time, but do you remember that episode where itContinue reading “Futou (幞头) and Kanmuri (冠) – Black Gauze Caps from Ancient China and Japan”
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