as it is
hello friends! yesterday we stopped at Bad Lands National Park in south dakota which was too incredibly beautiful.. and after that, saw lots of natural woods driving. all the trees looked different than the city trees which i usually saw. here the natural ones are looking old, tired and some are totally dead. but beautiful i felt. i often think of “beauty”. i know there are many kinds of beauty in this world. in the fashion field there is cool-beauty, cute-beauty, sexy-beauty, avant-garde-beauty.. more more. and i often realize that i am attracted by “as-it-is-beauty”. have you ever felt this- if you keep wearing and washing your favorite t-shirt for years, the colors get discolored and the material gets old, but still you keep loving that change year by year. i like to keep the nice new dress as it is too, but sometimes love the change. i feel like clothes are living their own lives and getting old just like we humans. they are even changing to fit on you. everything in this world is mutable (sho-gyo-mu-jo in japanese). when some old people looked so beautiful to me, i felt it was impossible for me to get that beauty. because they have taken time to get it in their lives. i remember, my friend who passed away 1 year ago was so beautiful for several months at the end of her life. she had absolutely her own beauty and i was moved by its strength, which was of course her strength. i would like to respect the beauty as it is.
this paper jacket keeps changing alllll the time! is this paper jacket just getting torn? haha i agree but just love it. and will love its changed look in the future too. just like watching someone’s life. enjoy your day as it is, happy december 7 and see you tomorrow- xa. today’s outfit: my LBD, paper bag jacket by aki goto, black stockings, vintage leather boots.
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Love the last shot.
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p.s, i appreciate all the comments! and was so glad when i read this cuz i always feel it, thanks for writing <3 – "It made me realize how lucky we are to be healthy, to be able to roam around, and to be able to see and experience beautiful things" by Erin (yesterday)
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I love your philosophy, your comments, and the dreamy quality of your pictures…
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on the last shot, the shadow of your dog looks like a bunny rabbit. You’re like the road trip version of Alice in Wonderland =] x
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Very unique outfits! So playful and I absolutely love the photography also.
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That is *amaaaaazing* jacket!!!
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GORGEOUS
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LBD on a roadtrip, it’s absolutely incredible where you have gone this month, amazing!!
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These photos are heartwrenchingly beautiful, and I love the colors, espacially in the fourth one. In teh last picture, you and your dog are like two warrior princesses setting out on a quest. I salute you, and wish you luck, my lady.
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@ emmerelda–I had the exact same thought yesterday! Aki is channeling some incredible warrior energy, and that Pup is right along with her. The paper bag jacket is excellent–I’d love to see close-ups.
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i love your thoughts today. one standard of beauty is such an impossible concept. i too find old people beautiful as their experience shows on their face, their hands, their bodies. wrinkles are like road maps of people’s lives. love your style and your insight. xo
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funny i have been having reoccurring conversations about beauty these last few days. and now here it is again. / “beauty is not caused. it is.” -E.D
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Like the colours and the materials. Is the jacket really out of paper? Good, that it doesn’t snow or rain. 😉 Great pics, especially the emperess in the 5th. 🙂
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thanks for all the sweetness, everyone..so impressive. the paper bag jacket is made of trader joe’s paper bags 🙂 you can see the close up at catalogue page in http://akigoto.wordpress.com if u’d like <3
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love the texture here
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This is freaking coool!!!!!!!!! I love, love, love the jacket 😀
It shows such a sense of style, and I love that you made it out of paper bags! So inventive!
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