My Father the Tailor | Custom-made since elementary school | Showa Era Pop Songs | Spot the Difference | Father's Day | Student ID | Nyan Bossa

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It's been a while, but 'Snack Ann' is open for business.
Why don't we talk about the Showa era while casuallyreminiscing?

How about a drink while we tilt our glasses?

Every year around this time, I think to myself,
isn't Father's Day a bit more low-key compared to Mother's Day?

Do you all do anything for it?

In my family, we didn't have a custom of celebrating Mother's Day, Father's Day, or birthdays in any special way.

That's why, now that I think about it, I feel like sharing these memories might be the best gift for my father.

Today is a story about that father of mine.

To all the fathers out there,

thank you so much for supporting your families and society, and for all your hard work today. And thank you.

My father was a tailor.
I believe he did that from before I was born until I was in junior high school.

He was what you'd call a custom-made men's clothing tailor.
It was right around the time ready-to-wear clothing started to become popular.
Mass-produced suits became the norm, and my father closed his business.

Then he became a company employee in a completely different industry.
Looking back now, it might have been a decision made to support the family.
Of course, I never asked him, so it's just my imagination.

We had sewing homework in elementary school home economics class, didn't we?

For some reason, I don't remember doing it myself.
My father did almost all of it.

We didn't have a home sewing machine, only industrial ones.
There were sergers and leather sewing machines lined up.
I suppose I was probably too clumsy with them.

My father used to say often

"You don't have to do your homework."
"You don't have to study either."

Because of that, my father would take the initiative to do my sewing homework for me.

Back then, the iron was a gas iron, too.

The shirts and handkerchiefs pressed crisp and sharp felt so good that, at least for that, I would imitate him and iron them myself.

I wonder why I didn't pursue a path in dressmaking?

Even though both my parents had skilled trades.

The process of a single piece of fabric turning into a garment was fascinating to me even as a child.
The tension in the moment of cutting fabric with tailor's shears.
The mystery of how measured numbers become a pattern, and then a three-dimensional piece of clothing.

I only ever really watched my father while he was working.

Even after he closed his business, he would tailor suits and coats as gifts for relatives when they came of age.
People were always happy because bespoke clothing fits the body well and lasts a long time.

Perhaps that is why.
I still have a bit of an interest in fashion today.
Beyond just colors and shapes that suit me, I'm also particular about the fabric and how it feels to wear.

Though, there is the major challenge of maintaining my figure before that, of course.

I had my clothes made for me more often than I went out to buy them.
Almost all were one-of-a-kind pieces made from leftover fabric.
From the time I was old enough to understand, I had a strong awareness that I was different from others.
(Though now it's obvious, since everyone is different.)

Come to think of it, in our house,the spot-the-difference puzzle in the Sunday newspaperwas something I looked forward to doing with my father.

What kind of work did your fathers do?
Do you have any memories of doing something together?

If you'd like, let me know.

I can no longer give anything for Father's Day, but the memory of my father's work and his back remains vivid in my mind.

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Thank you for stopping by Snack Ann again tonight.
I hope this time helps you look back on your own warm memories.

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