Ukiyo-e paintings often feature women with red undergarments peeking out of sleeves and hems, and the dye derives from safflowers in Yamagata Prefecture.
Introducing a 100 year old school with storied traditions in kimono making in the heart of Tokyo that teaches the secrets and ecology of Japanese fashion.
Shimoda is normally a sleepy fishing community famous for onsen and seafood, but it celebrates the Kurofune Matsuri with parades, flourish and kimono every May.
The event is back on May 28-29, showing off trends in Japanese style, crafts and textiles for today’s fashion, and is a great way to spend...
There is a new vocabulary of design coming into the mix, creating a new energy, which is necessary for the survival of the kimono industry.
This time my challenge was to use kimono to evoke the world of Hanshinkan Modernism, and specifically for the character Koi san, protagonist in a new...
Those attending the hybrid event were rewarded with fresh ideas, colors and cultural contexts from the professional designers and participants in Indonesia and Japan.
Sheila shares great ideas for Christmas and the New Year, when kimono that show off the seasonal themes and shiny threads that sparkle especially brightly.
The event celebrated ecology through reusing old kimono, diversity in the types of kimono and varieties of models, and equality by highlighting young people without parents...
Turning the costume of past eras into modern and now, young women increasingly fall in love with kimono as fashion, they are re-introducing it to their...
Kimono lovers are hungry to wear their kimono out, and the October 23-24 Kimono Salone live event in Tokyo is the perfect event for every level...
Designing bright, outrageously colored garments, Narutoshi Ishikawa says that wearing kimono is an amplifier for your personality. What does it take to make kimono popular in...