What’s a Kitsune?
Photographed by Eliakim Hawi
Clothing can reflect your niche interests, too. Lena became interested in Japanese culture and, particularly, in kitsune. She loved talking to people who asked her about her shirt, wondering what the image was. A kitsune is a Japanese folklore animal with magical properties— a fox spirit of sorts.
I was super, super into learning about and talking about the Japanese culture for a while, and this is my favourite because my favourite animal is a fox, and the kitsune is like a spirit fox kind of thing. So, this was definitely huge to me because I would wear this so often, at least once a week, and just kind of talk to anyone who was wondering about it. I thought that was like super, super cool and it definitely made me feel informed, that I had this knowledge it seemed no one else did.