&Premium, No. 131: November 2024

About &Premium:

"The Guide to a Better Life," declared the first issue of &Premium magazine in November 2013. Since then, each issue has been dedicated to creating a magazine that helps you live a better life, including fashion, interior design, daily necessities, beauty, food, travel, and culture. We have tried to create a magazine that helps people to relax and feel the joy of being in contact with beautiful things, to value each and every detail, to get to the essence of things, to take the time and effort, and to do things that are good for the body. Our basic policy is to be happy if we can live comfortably as a result.

In this issue:

"Something you love and want to keep using."

In the selection of fashion and lifestyle-related items, it seems more important than ever to take the attitude that one should spend time with something for a long time. However, I believe that it is not only important to “use it for a long time,” but it is also important to remember that when you use it or wear it, it should continue to make you “love it” as much as you did when you first encountered it. The elation you felt when you first held it in your hands, the love you felt for the craftsman's attention to detail, and the precious memories ...... spun from the days you continue to use it. These various “memories” connect people and things together in a happy way for a long time. We asked Akira Minagawa, designer of Mina Perhonen, and many other people about episodes related to “things you love and want to keep using."

This magazine is in Japanese.