The Miyahara Family
Posted by MARIKO ICHIKAWA
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Today I have a story. It started a few months ago with a random email from a man named Robin Williams. He saw what I was I was doing with up-cycled kimonos and wanted to give me his grandmother’s obi for use in my work. Although I had discussed cutting this Obi up, it soon became clear that I should preserve it. This was clearly something very special indeed!