À la recherche du temps perdu — Maison and Workshop
I saw it a while ago.
You can pretty much guess the plot.
The heroine clashes with Madame and storms out of the maison.
But she'll come back, surely.
Otherwise, the film would be over. (laughs)
Even so, the inside of the Dior maison is on screen.
That alone made it worth watching.
Real handwork lives there.
And Madame is, without question, magnificent.
In French, it's a "maison."
In Japanese, a "workshop."
A place where people work.
They point to the same kind of place, yet the words are so different.
The workshop where I trained says nothing unnecessary.
Day after day, we simply sewed in silence.
There was no such thing as chatter.
Wasai, Japanese hand sewing, is not divided into specialized tasks.
From start to finish, you take responsibility for one garment yourself.
The maison in the film looked different.
For a single dress, many seamstresses work on the same floor.
That, first of all, is the biggest difference.
And what about the kimono?
Surihaku metallic foil, embroidery, dyeing.
Each is finished in its own studio.
And I wondered.
What if everyone could make a single kimono in the same space?
You may never wear a kimono. But you can wear the art of Wasai.
On ne porte pas forcément un kimono. Mais on peut porter l'art du Wasai.
— PASSIONEER
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