How demographics are changing fashion from @sakata.ken
The creator explains how Japan's record-low birth rate is causing a demographic crisis with a shrinking and aging population. He connects this trend to the country's traditional manufacturing and fashion industries, showing how the aging artisan workforce and lack of succession are leading to the loss of skills and the consolidation of smaller factories. Finally, he analyzes the consumer side, arguing that a smaller youth demographic is shifting mainstream taste away from trend-based fashion towards higher-quality, functional clothing.
Creator: @sakata.ken on Instagram
Transcript
Twenty twenty four six hundred and eighty six thousand babies were born in Japan rank that is a problem, and that's because that is the lowest figure since the records began and this means two things: population shrinks and the population ages. In modern day Japan if you walk into a dye house, a sewing workshop, or a weaving mill, the average artisan is about 60 years old. Their children are working in big cities like Tokyo, they're working in offices, and that's if they have children at all. So
Topics: Apparel / Fashion, Manufacturing, History, Business
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