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In Showa 38 (1963)...

...Yves Saint-Laurent, who had become independent the year before...

...announced his "Jumper Look."

On the other hand, Dior's new designer...

...Mark Bohan, announced his "Safari Look."

Mark Bohan - French fashion designer in the classical mode, 1926-

Courrèges announced the style of bell-bottoms.

André Courrèges - French fashion designer known for his ultra-modern designs, 1923-

In the past, collections had been for a certain selection of the very rich...

...but now they were being released to people all around the world.

Even Japan didn't like formal clothes anymore, preferring casual clothing.

It was said the percentage of order-made clothing to ready-made was likely to become 3 to 7.

Heiwa Fansubs Presents...

Carnation

小さく丸めた躯は今

Chisaku marumeta karada wa ima

My body, tiny and curled up, is right now

Week 21 "A Vivid Attitude" Episode 117

かなしみ隠し震えて

Kanashimi kakushi furuete

Trembling with hidden sorrows

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

Music Satō Naoki Musical Performance\h Face Music

Theme Song "Carnation" Sheena Ringo

命を表していろのね

Inochi o arawashite iro no ne

My life is represented by my color, isn't it

Cast

Ohara Itoko Ono Machiko

Ohara Chiyo Asau Yumi

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Yūko Niiyama Chiharu

Ohara Naoko Kawasaki Asami

Ohara Satoko Yasuda Misako

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Kinomoto Eisaku Kōmoto Masahiro

Matsuda Megumi Rokkaku Seiji

Kitamura Tatsuo Hosshan.

心を育てているのね

Kokoro o sodatete iru no ne

That's how a heart is raised, isn't it

Toriyama Suenari Yumi Masako\h Genkaku Yūko

Ohara Zensaku (flashback) Kobayashi Kaoru Ohara Haru (flashback) \h Shoji Terue

Ohara Shizuko (flashback) Yagyū Miyu Ohara Kiyoko (flashback) \h Maki Mei Ohara Mitsuko (flashback) \h Yoshida Aoi

Miura Heizō Kondō Masaomi

Ahh... It's fascinating...

Thank you.

Showa 39 (1964) August

It's fascinating?

It's fascinating!

I don't understand this "Mode" stuff at all. Not at all.

I think...

...these times are rather fascinating ones.

You really think so?

I've come to understand this perspective.

Understanding the perspective of Yūko and Naoko's designs...

...is fascinating.

Those girls are doing some very fascinating things.

Mom and I have been practicing drawing my sister's designs.

Shh!

Really?

Don't say unnecessary things!

You're doing things like that?

How uncool!

Don't say unnecessary things!

Hurry back home and do your design practice.

Stop it!

Well still...

...this was only talk.

Good afternoon. Your mail.

Thank you!

Naoko Yuko

Ah, it's come!

It's come!

Once each month...

...Satoko and I really looked forward to receiving...

...the designs Yūko and Naoko would send us.

Yūko's lines showed off a soft femininity.

Naoko's lines were incredibly strong and full of vigor.

In their unrelenting battle...

...they had somehow opened up a fever into my own world.

Now that I had come to feel that...

...I wanted to make a fascinating Mode of my own.

One that would run with a wonderful vigor for a time.

One standing on the apex, wings outstretched.

Dancing...

Leaping...

Enchanted...

A Carpenter's Mode!

Good afternoon!

Ah, welcome!

Hot, isn't it?

It is hot.

Though I say that...

...for a Carpenter's Mode I would need the role of young people.

Then, how about we put a tuck in?

One different from my role.

And then you could hide this?

It won't be quite as conspicuous.

It wouldn't be quite as conspicuous?

It won't be.

After that, Satoko eventually quit the dressmaking school...

...and started helping out around the store.

There was still a great deal that was missing in her...

...but anyhow she was diligent and enthusiastic.

And more importantly, she was making something of herself.

We're home!

I'm back!

Welcome back!

Welcome home!

Yes!

Rie-chan!

Did you walk here?

Yeah.

Hmm... You're great.

Tell her properly. That I had to carry you all the way here, you!

Ah, I got found out.

Ah!

Come on!

That's right. Yeah!

Well...

...you were able to build a different foundation for yourself.

Really?

Yeah.

Mom said the same thing.

Still...

The real part starts from here.

Eh?

Well...

...it's to what extent you want to become as a dressmaker.

In short...

...becoming an ordinary craftsman is fine...

...and you're plenty ready for that.

But...

...if you want to become a designer like me and Naoko...

...then that's a different game altogether.

Different from Mom's or mine or Naoko's...

...you need to find your own color for yourself.

My own color?

Yeah.

And that's the toughest part of all.

Good afternoon!

Welcome!

Ah, hello. Is Sato-chan in?

Ah, good afternoon!

Sato-chan, how have you been?

I've been fine!

How about you?

Yes, I'm really fine!

Whaa! It's Toriyama-san.

Toriyama-san!

Thank you!

Today we're already...

Toriyama-san is the woman President of a Western-style cake shop...

...who has wonderfully strong tastes in clothes...

But I didn't understand them at all.

This texture is wonderful!

You can tell?

And what business did you have with me today?

Well, um...

Um, just how do I put this... Sorry about this, but...

The designs your Mom makes ust reek old lady, don't they?

And Yūko-chan's demure ones are somewhat stuffy.

And so...

Say, Ohara-san.

That'd be okay with you, wouldn't it?

Huh?

I...

...want Sato-chan to design one.

Satoko?

Yeah.

Well, no, no.

She hasn't done one on her own just yet.

That's okay! That means I'll be her first.

Using Sato-chan's youthful sensibilities, I want you to make me some wonderful clothes. Okay!

Yeah!

Is that okay?

Yeah. Saying that, I would like to request her for this!

Ah.

Okay?

It'd be best to turn her down. Absolutely nothing good will come of this!

Well, even so...

...Satoko herself can't turn down anyone.

That person came when I was here.

She'll say, "Make what you like," but then definitely complain about it afterwards.

"This is different from what I prefer!" she'll say.

Then, what does she like?

I haven't got a clue.

I don't know.

I really don't get that person.

I think whatever it is...

...it must be flashy, with a "I'm a Chindon'ya," feel to it.

Chindon'ya - elaborately costumed street musicians in Japan who advertise for shops and other establishments

Make it too plain or too simple...

...and she'll get angry!

...angry!

Ah, look...

Maybe she would like Nao-chan's clothes?

Well, she's not able to stomach Naoko's looks.

"Please don't place that girl in this store." "I won't come if you do," she told me.

Look, we SHOULD bring her in.

True, instead of a talisman.

Even so...

...Satoko seemeed to be pleased about this first order for her herself.

From that day on...

...she worked with all her might coming up with a design.

This is Yūko.

Nice to meet you.

Mom has always been under your care!

No, no, no!

I'm bothering you when you're so busy.

These women here had heard the rumors about Ohara Yūko-san being here...

...and said they absolutely had to come along with me.

Is that right? Well, thank you for that!

It's said that Ohara Yūko-san's reputation is sky high these days.

Really?

Yes.

Whenever I speak to anyone who is nicely dressed, they tell me the design was by Ohara Yūko-san.

When I hear from people who have been to your shop in Tokyo...

...they tell me they just have to get another piece from there. Right!

Ala, my, thank you very much.

Please, let me make one for you!

Ah! I'm so happy!

I'm so happy!

This way, this way.

Ah, sorry about this.

Here you go!

Ah... As you'd expect, Tokyo has trained her well.

You've raised a first-class heir.

Megumi-san.

Yes?

I'd like to fit these in.

Today would be a little...

Then, would it be okay to lay it in stock together with these?

Ah, we could.

Thankfully, the accounting calculations...

...have also gone up even more at my place, too.

That relieves me. You can retire at any time!

That's a good thing. Hmm...

Before I had realized it, I was fifty-one.

I had gone past the year when Dad had handed down the store to me.

Hey, Dad.

I'm far kinder to my daughters than you were to me.

Sorry but...

...I now support this family...

...a whole lot more than Dad does!

I'm not that oppressive.

No matter what, I...

No!

You brat!

This is as much as you can bring in!

Well...

...I was pretty cruel to Dad then, too, huh?

Even so, then when...

...should I do that for them?

When...

Eat them on the train, okay?

Yeah!

Here.

What is it?

Well, I wanted to show off my design.

How is it?

Nee-chan!

Um, could you look at this real quick?

Yeah.

What do you think?

It has a very short skirt, doesn't it?

Yeah.

Would this do for Toriyama-san?

Forgive me.

I really shouldn't say anything.

She might favor it or she might dislike it.

A favorable moment...

Before long, that time would come.

Look, just have confidence in it. That's all you can do.

Ah, yeah.

In a flash...

...I'll make a clean decision.

Just like Dad did.

To Be Continued

Carnation

End

Stylishly Dressed Photo Gallery

Commemorative Photo with Okinawa Lion Statue (circa Showa 35 (1960), Okinawa-ken)