¿Y si eligiéramos la ropa como elegimos la comida? | Hiro Yoshikawa | TEDxHong Kong

Gran parte de la ropa que usamos comienza como petróleo crudo, y los productos químicos añadidos durante el acabado no siempre se declaran. En esta charla de TEDxHong Kong, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, profesional de la moda con 36 años de experiencia en el acabado de denim, cuestiona cómo se fabrica la ropa y qué significaría elegirla con el mismo cuidado que los alimentos. Habla de su origen en una familia productora de sake y de su trabajo con telas WASHI en la prefectura de Okayama, Japón.

• Los químicos usados en la producción textil
• El camino de Hiroyuki Yoshikawa desde el sake hasta el denim
• El trabajo con denim y telas WASHI en Okayama

Much of what you’re wearing started as crude oil, and nobody is required to tell you what else was added. A fashion insider with 36 years in denim finishing says some of those chemicals are too risky for Europe to allow near your sandwich, yet they can still be worn against your largest organ. As the second son of an 18th-generation sake family in Japan, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa grew up surrounded by craftsmanship and a deep understanding of ingredients. With no pressure to inherit the family business, he stepped away in 1989 to pursue fashion. Years of traveling between Europe and Asia led him to denim, and eventually back to Japan’s Okayama prefecture, the fabric’s birthplace, where he became known as a Master Jeans Wash designer using WASHI fabrics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx