服を食べ物のように選んだら？ | Hiro Yoshikawa | TEDxHong Kong

私たちが着ている衣類の多くは原油を原料としており、加工に使われる化学物質が常に開示されるとは限りません。TEDxHong Kongの講演では、デニム加工に36年携わってきたファッション業界の専門家、吉川博之氏が、衣類の作られ方を問い直し、食品と同じ注意深さで服を選ぶとはどういうことかを語ります。吉川氏は、酒蔵を営む家に生まれた経歴と、岡山県で WASHI 素材を使って手がけてきた仕事についても触れています。

• 衣類の製造に使われる化学物質
• 酒蔵の家から デニム加工の道へ進んだ経緯
• 岡山県でのWASHI素材によるデニム加工

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