{"id":1331,"date":"2018-05-03T10:14:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2018-05-03T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:14:33","slug":"usaato-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/03\/usaato-outing\/","title":{"rendered":"Usaato outing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

J and I went to the Usaato<\/a> exhibition last Sunday in San Francisco. If you were there, we might have seen you!<\/p>\n

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It was springtime in Japantown. The cherry trees on the plaza were in bloom. Happy spring!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cute bunnies on sale and neat fabrics in the background!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I bought something! Both the floor and the shirt are much more orange-toned in real life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s not that close to what I was initially looking for, but I am pleased with it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I was mainly shopping for a short sleeve shirt to round out my hot-weather tops (which currently consist of one v-neck, and one homemade shirt that is quickly disintegrating and is currently out of commission for repairs) or a sleeveless shirt to use as an undershirt. I didn’t find any of those in suitable style-size-color combinations, unfortunately, so I moved on to my secondary goal: adding more variety to my long-sleeve tops (which also consists of two tops \u2013 both currently useable! Wow~).<\/p>\n

This particular shirt has an interesting color and goes well with blue jeans, which I wear a lot. I was hoping to get a hemp<\/a> item. Like linen, hemp is a long-staple fiber that is very durable and can be successfully farmed without much pesticide or fertilizer. This shirt is, less desirably, cotton. It cost $105.<\/p>\n

I was also considering a $185 button-up, but wasn’t thrilled with the cut or color (J said it looked very stylish, though).<\/p>\n

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The fabric is dyed with indigo and other unspecified natural dyes, according to the tag. The background color is more saturated than this picture shows. One nice aspect of Usaato’s items is the care given to the details of the fabric. In this particular fabric, thick and thin threads are alternated to add even more depth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A welted seam and a closeup of the color changes in the fabric. The fabric is cut on the bias. I’m hoping to use this shirt as a pattern for my own bias-cut garments \u2013 initial experiments without a pattern didn’t go well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After shopping at Usaato, we got Korean food for linner!<\/p>\n

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Soft tofu soup with dumplings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Followed by black sesame ice cream. It was not as good as anticipated \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A new ice cream place was enticing, but had a not-so-great line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J and I went to the Usaato exhibition last Sunday in San Francisco. If you were there, we might have seen you! It’s not that close to what I was initially looking for, but I am pleased with it \ud83d\ude42 I was mainly shopping for a short sleeve shirt to round out my hot-weather tops … <\/p>\n

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