fash·ion\ ˈfa-shən \what is not in fashion, but should be

ban·quet\ bɑ̃-kɛ \a table where art, culture and craftsmanship sit together

The Story

Le Fashion Banquet
Humanoid Sewing Robots: A Slippery Problem
Arts & Culture, Craftsmanship
Humanoid Sewing Robots: A Slippery Problem
Arts & Culture, Craftsmanship

Humanoids in the past two years have increasingly been able to execute complex human-like movements. They can run faster than Usain Bolt, make coffee, decently fold laundry and can even get into fights. However, stitching more than a straight line is a struggle.

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Arts & Culture, Craftsmanship

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Le Fashion Banquet
Off the Computer: Creative Courses in New York for Falling in Love With Your Hands Again
Craftsmanship, Inside the Atelier
Off the Computer: Creative Courses in New York for Falling in Love With Your Hands Again
Craftsmanship, Inside the Atelier

On my own path to reconnect to my creative dreams, I was looking for places where I could learn fashion design and drawing in New York City. I went from one hobbyist class to the next, left unsatisfied by the depth of the education: two or three hours, one tote bag, a shirt, a wallet. The entire class leaves with the same thing.

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Craftsmanship, Inside the Atelier
Le Fashion Banquet
The Singer Sewing Machine and The Dakota in New York City: A Thread
Arts & Culture
The Singer Sewing Machine and The Dakota in New York City: A Thread
Arts & Culture

You know the Dakota, at the corner of 72nd and Central Park West in New York, in front of Central Park. It is a monument of the Upper West Side, a German Renaissance castle famously recognized for being the last residence of John Lennon before he was shot in front of the building in 1980.

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Arts & Culture
A Connection Through Architecture and Zen: The MoMA in New York City and D.T. Suzuki Museum in Kanazawa
Architecture
A Connection Through Architecture and Zen: The MoMA in New York City and D.T. Suzuki Museum in Kanazawa
Architecture

If you have ever been to New York City, you are familiar with the work of Japanese architect, Yoshio Taniguchi. In 2004, he completed the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) renovation in Manhattan.

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Architecture
Learning the Art of Furoshiki in Tokyo
Arts & Culture
Learning the Art of Furoshiki in Tokyo
Arts & Culture

A wine bag, a book holder, a laptop carrier: one cloth, many creative possibilities. Furoshiki is simple and ingenious. You grab one side of the cloth and fold it with the other side. Wrap, carry, transform a gift…

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Arts & Culture

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Le Fashion Banquet Series

The D.T. Suzuki Museum, Kanazawa

Japan

Houses, Gardens, Workshops

Kawai Kanjirō’s house, the garden at Ōkōchi Sansō, a leather atelier in Nakameguro, and Taniguchi’s D.T. Suzuki Museum.

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A Korean folding screen painted with stacked books, scrolls and brushes
Yi Taek-gyun, Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements (책가도), late 1800s. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

This is your Library: the sources behind the stories, what to return to for inspiration, and the titles the LFB community has recommended at the Banquet.

Have a book to share at the Banquet? Email us at hello@lefashionbanquet.com. We publish the title, your words, and your first name with an initial.

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