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What is the Japanese word for beauty of worn items

post #1 of 22
12/31/09 at 3:36am
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Help me

I've been screwing with Google for 20 minutes.

I want to give a vintage item to a woman.

What is that Japanese term for worn beauty? Or something like the beauty of well worn items versus something NWT?
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post #2 of 22
12/31/09 at 3:38am
wabi sabi?
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post #3 of 22
12/31/09 at 3:51am
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wabi sabi?

That's it.

It's about a vintage bag that is going to a lady who was a Goldman Sachs private banker, a super model based in Germany, and is now married to a rock star.

Any lady can get lucky and get a Birkin. Only one in the world will have this bag.
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post #4 of 22
12/31/09 at 3:56am
I hate those words.
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post #5 of 22
12/31/09 at 3:58am
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I hate those words.

Wabi Sabi, super model, Goldman Sachs, or Rock Star?

Birkin too, I guess.
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post #6 of 22
12/31/09 at 3:59am
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Wabi Sabi, super model, Goldman Sachs, or Rock Star?

Birkin too, I guess.

Yes. Words. I hate them.
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post #7 of 22
12/31/09 at 4:45am
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wabi sabi?
While in Japan, I had a couple Japanese acquaintances of mine get really reserved when I asked them about this word... apparently to them it was some sort of sacred concept that only the worthy are allowed to talk about. Even though that made me look stupid for asking, I thought that kind of approach was actually kind of refreshing compared to the U.S., where everybody thinks their judgments on any subject is equal if not superior to everyone else's.
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post #8 of 22
12/31/09 at 8:49pm
bukkake?
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post #9 of 22
12/31/09 at 9:03pm
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bukkake?

I hope not on the bag.
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post #10 of 22
12/31/09 at 9:05pm
I don't think "wabi sabi" is going to fit. You need to give her a wobbly half-broken teacup, Rnoldh-san.
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post #11 of 22
12/31/09 at 9:42pm
It's not going to get you laid, bro. Cut your losses now.
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post #12 of 22
12/31/09 at 10:03pm
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wabi sabi?

No, that's the spicy stuff you put on your sushi.
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post #13 of 22
1/1/10 at 2:58am
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Originally Posted by Svenn View Post
... where everybody thinks their judgments on any subject is equal if not superior to everyone else's.

You must have lived in Boston too.
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post #14 of 22
1/1/10 at 5:00am
Haha are you serious?

Good luck with the wabi sabi line.

It won't be you laid.

I would go for the Berkin bag.
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post #15 of 22
1/1/10 at 9:41am
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wabi sabi?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't wabi sabi mean imperfection, incompleteness, etc.? It doesn't always have to do with wether or not something is new or old. IIRC, Earnest Sewn follows this philosophy in the manufacture of their jeans.
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