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WORKING STYLE

When I enjoy car maintenance, weekend carpenter and gardening, I always wear this coverall.


This is the second hand clothes from US military as you can see.  The size is S and it suits me very perfectly.
It is made of cotton and uses only Velcro tapes for all openings (no buttons, no zippers). Therefore, it doesn't make scratches if I lean on the car body.  It was already worn out when I bought it, but it is my favorite working wear.


My wife customized the coveralls for me with some patches. ☺︎

Other items I like to wear are arm covers.
When repairing a car, sleeves surely become dirty.  Therefore, I wear arm covers always (as you see on 2nd photo).
Sometimes I only wear arm covers on ordinary clothes.  The arm covers can avoid clothes become dirty effectively.  It costs only 200-300JPY.  Very good value for money!

By the way recently I bought the key ring of Porco Rosso (from Hayao Miyazaki’s animation).  My daughter saw it and said to me “It looks like a father!”  Is it because of the coveralls? Or my body shape???  I wanted to believe I am bit smarter …




(My original blog was written on 8th Mar. 2008)
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