*sigh*
Hi guys, (bashful..)
I feel kinda bad.
I hardly ever post on LJ at all anymore, and I kind of miss it.
I'm just really busy with life, and I have another account that I use more than this one (love_rainbow). At first I just wanted to keep it only for close friends, but you know, I don't even use the friend filter on some entries anymore and I just don't care.
I'm moving away from Miyavi and visual kei and all that. I can't really explain the significance of that for me, but basically I feel like I have mastered all of the things that those experiences were in my life for. Also, leaving Masakarasu ended up being one of the most liberating things I could've done (even though leaving wasn't really my choice, but it never would have been, I never would've left!), though, I definitely miss having contact with so many amazing people, not just the team members but the readers too. But now it's like nothing and everything defines who I am, and I feel closer to the person I was as a child then ever before. Everything is just boundless and out there for me to love and experience.
I got a job finally at Forever 21 in Harajuku, as most people reading this probably already know.
It's really great, and there are lots of other foreigners there (mostly Russian and Chinese), but there are also a few people who have actually graduated from fashion design colleges and schools as well. Talking to them is so much easier and smoother than talking with non-art people, and such a thing never fails to surprise me. No matter what country or culture, what language or any other illusion of separation that we have, us art kids just speak the same language deep down. It's like an unseen unheard communication of the heart or something.
Like you can offer a suggestion for a better way of doing a task, or inform them that the manager wants it to be done differently, and they don't become irritated and stubborn. Even if they don't agree they'll voice it in a very open way. Perhaps not all art kids are like this, and surely there are non-artistic people who are also like this. But perhaps it isn't all about ART but the kind of open mind, open heart, and objective point of view that artists often possess naturally.
Also, having so many fashion kids around is helping me to re-kindle my old desire to make clothes and stuff. It's actually very exciting!
Mimu's sister, who's in Japan now and graduated from a fashion school, has a mini sewing machine and has offered to let me borrow it. I think I'm just going to make a few simple things for practice first, and then buy my own sewing machine once I get the hang of it. Because even though I know how to use a sewing machine, I haven't had enough experience with it to know what things about it I would prefer.
I went to Marunan (5-floor fabric store) in Shibuya yesterday. It never has felt so full of potential as last night for some reason. I think it was because I had more of a plan, perhaps. I want to make simple feminine clothes out of natural fibers like hemp, cotton, and linen. Hemp/linen are pretty expensive, but they had some SUPER cheap cotton rolls outside. I can't figure out why they were so cheap, they weren't knits, they were just like the hemp ones, only cotton. I just don't get it, hemp is so much easier to grow and produce than cotton, isn't it? So why is hemp so fucking expensive and hard to find? Fucking EVERYTHING should be hemp, considering how versatile, durable, and easy it is. Cotton would go out of busine....oh, that's why! XD
They also had a few patterns that I was interested in. When I get the hang of making clothes on my own, I want to make my own patterns or something. I'm really excited!
Anyway, please keep an eye on love_rainbow since I will probably not be posting on here much anymore. But sometimes I do, so don't take it off your friends list just yet!
Better get ready for work! Take care, friends~
-Jessica
I feel kinda bad.
I hardly ever post on LJ at all anymore, and I kind of miss it.
I'm just really busy with life, and I have another account that I use more than this one (love_rainbow). At first I just wanted to keep it only for close friends, but you know, I don't even use the friend filter on some entries anymore and I just don't care.
I'm moving away from Miyavi and visual kei and all that. I can't really explain the significance of that for me, but basically I feel like I have mastered all of the things that those experiences were in my life for. Also, leaving Masakarasu ended up being one of the most liberating things I could've done (even though leaving wasn't really my choice, but it never would have been, I never would've left!), though, I definitely miss having contact with so many amazing people, not just the team members but the readers too. But now it's like nothing and everything defines who I am, and I feel closer to the person I was as a child then ever before. Everything is just boundless and out there for me to love and experience.
I got a job finally at Forever 21 in Harajuku, as most people reading this probably already know.
It's really great, and there are lots of other foreigners there (mostly Russian and Chinese), but there are also a few people who have actually graduated from fashion design colleges and schools as well. Talking to them is so much easier and smoother than talking with non-art people, and such a thing never fails to surprise me. No matter what country or culture, what language or any other illusion of separation that we have, us art kids just speak the same language deep down. It's like an unseen unheard communication of the heart or something.
Like you can offer a suggestion for a better way of doing a task, or inform them that the manager wants it to be done differently, and they don't become irritated and stubborn. Even if they don't agree they'll voice it in a very open way. Perhaps not all art kids are like this, and surely there are non-artistic people who are also like this. But perhaps it isn't all about ART but the kind of open mind, open heart, and objective point of view that artists often possess naturally.
Also, having so many fashion kids around is helping me to re-kindle my old desire to make clothes and stuff. It's actually very exciting!
Mimu's sister, who's in Japan now and graduated from a fashion school, has a mini sewing machine and has offered to let me borrow it. I think I'm just going to make a few simple things for practice first, and then buy my own sewing machine once I get the hang of it. Because even though I know how to use a sewing machine, I haven't had enough experience with it to know what things about it I would prefer.
I went to Marunan (5-floor fabric store) in Shibuya yesterday. It never has felt so full of potential as last night for some reason. I think it was because I had more of a plan, perhaps. I want to make simple feminine clothes out of natural fibers like hemp, cotton, and linen. Hemp/linen are pretty expensive, but they had some SUPER cheap cotton rolls outside. I can't figure out why they were so cheap, they weren't knits, they were just like the hemp ones, only cotton. I just don't get it, hemp is so much easier to grow and produce than cotton, isn't it? So why is hemp so fucking expensive and hard to find? Fucking EVERYTHING should be hemp, considering how versatile, durable, and easy it is. Cotton would go out of busine....oh, that's why! XD
They also had a few patterns that I was interested in. When I get the hang of making clothes on my own, I want to make my own patterns or something. I'm really excited!
Anyway, please keep an eye on love_rainbow since I will probably not be posting on here much anymore. But sometimes I do, so don't take it off your friends list just yet!
Better get ready for work! Take care, friends~
-Jessica