How strongly do I want to wear this?
. Like most people who travel, I think that when you travel a lot for interviews, as Mr. Maruyama does, your equipment and things tend to be functionally oriented. But I think that you also focus on whether you like it or not.
Maruyama:. I don't grow tall and wear brand-name clothes or anything like that. As a mindset, I want to be working class, or in a state where I can throw it away when it gets dirty. . But if I can wear what I like and feel good about it, that's better. . I also don't think that convenience is good. . If I choose something based on function alone, I get covered up. If you go to the airport wearing a certain brand of down, you will end up wearing the same thing (laughs). But if I choose a design that I like and that also suits me, I will recognize it as the brand I wear, and I will be able to wear it naturally, so my individuality will not disappear.
Yosemite Mobile Strap" is functional and useful, but we want people to use it as something they like, as a fashion statement. . But the fact is that there are still very few men wearing them compared to women.
Maruyama:Girls are strong. If it is cute, they will wear it. Even men , who do not wear suits, would not hesitate to use the "Yosemite Mobile Strap. In fact, I think I would use it myself. Those who belong to a company and wear a suit , it is difficult for them to choose what they like or dislike. More to the point, they don't like it when someone points it out to them. . because there are always people in the organization who look for discomfort in the group. I have always thought that people who put down what people are wearing are really the ones who want to wear it, but just can't. .
It's like jealousy, isn't it?
Maruyama:Now that I think about it, the people who said this and that about the programs in which I appeared must have been envious of me. There are people who support you when you do something, but you are the only one who can take action and change something. People who say things to you, whether in good faith or in bad faith, are dragging down those who are trying to take action, no matter which side of the argument they may be on. They are saying, "I'll do it even if you don't tell me to do it!" . . Anyway, it is important to create a situation and a mindset in which you can move comfortably on your own, and I think this also shows up in fashion.
That's very reassuring.
Maruyama:. when you get to the core of yourself, no one will say anything. . Whether or not you feel strongly that you want to wear it, or whether or not you can think about it. Whether it is with good intentions or bad intentions, whether you are prepared to ignore what someone else says. I think fashion is like that.
