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 The
Japanese is really talented and ingenious nation. The whole world is fascinated
with origami, the art to fold the paper to make different models. And today the
fashion trend is furoshiki, so-called the ecological handbags which are greatly
promoted recently. The concept of the nature-friendly handbags is not new and
the Japanese is not the people who pioneered in here. The point is that no
other nation has dared to make the handbags and call the ultra-fashionable
accessory.
Furoshiki
stands for bath rug, as such. And back in old times the Japanese never used to get
naked in public bathhouses: they wore special bath kimonos made from cotton to
bathe in them. The clothes used to get wet and the Japanese wrapped it into the
cloth of textile to make the knot. And that was the first shape of furoshiki
handbag which was demanded for centuries. The knot-tied bags were announced fashionable
in Japan
for the first time in the history of fashionable handbags. That is like the
thirst of the Japanese to make ordinary things into the works of art.
In the end
of 20th century furoshiki were popular in Japan as the wedding gift elements.
They were decorated with patterns to symbolize happy life in marriage. The
expensive and rare textile was used to make such wedding furoshiki. Later on
the Japanese came with the idea of being friendly to the environment and found
the universal substitution to the polyethylene packs.
The real
furoshiki is made from square cloths of fabric from cotton, silk and other
materials with the length of forty to eighty cm each side. Actually, there are
no limits to make various furoshiki to the most varied tastes. They can be tiny
and spacey, it depends on personal preferences.
The major point
is that the cloth for furoshiki should be square and roomy enough for
the item
o carry on. And the furoshiki looks appropriate and effective when the
rules
are done. When the Japanese invention is used as the ordinary women tote
from
textile for every day wear, then the best choice is to have the cloth of
larger
size around a square meter or so, when it is enough to make the straps
and
drapery if any is designed. It is easy and comfortable to tie the
furoshiki in
the y way you like which make them look similar with functional
transformer
handbags. The furoshiki is comfortable to carry as a rucksack or
justhold in hands. Sometimes multi-layer furoshiki is made when the
cloths are equal in size but they differ in color and style. When
folding at
different angles, furoshiki masters create incredible versions of
handbags.
For the
last several seasons fashion designers favor for fashion trends conditionally
specified as Wa-elements. In other words, this is all related to the Japanese
style, including kimono, umbrellas, hairstyling, decoration techniques,
painting and a lot more. From time to time the European couturiers make great
play with some of Wa-motiffs in their collections to add some zest. Kimono is
the simple way to have some Japanese exotic elements. Kimono-inspired fashion
collections are well-known, while furoshiki is still not used as fashion
accessory to be offered in most European collections.
However,
the first attempts to introduce furoshiki as the fashion accessory were made by
the French designer Marie Bouveault. She creates the collection of vivid summer
handbags with humor prints called Mimi pinson furoshiki. And we are still
waiting until the other designers pick her idea up.
The
original version of tissue handbag was offered by the De Couture Company. The
handbags of this brand look more like an envelope with attached leather straps
to hold but not traditional furoshiki. The Dres Van Noten offered clutches from
textile with the secret zipper clasp. The most intriguing version of furoshiki
was offered by the Dutch designer Samira Boon. She launched furoshiki made from
half-sheer vinyl employing the unique capacity of this material to stick
together and detach. The handbags look unique though Samira’s handbags more
look like those polyethylene packs the ecologists along with the Japanese
struggle against and again furoshiki is still the trend to chase up and
promote.
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