Kimono lovers are hungry to wear their kimono out, and the October 23-24 Kimono...
Sheila Cliffe
Sheila Cliffe was born in Plymouth, England in 1961 and relocated to Japan in 1985. She graduated from Suzunoya Kimono Gakuin and received a special award for her work in spreading kimono culture from Minzoku Ishou Bunka Fukyuu Kyoukai.
Cliffe wears kimono regularly, and has taken a PhD in the study of kimono trends. She teaches kimono culture and dressing, and studied dyeing under Sassa Reiko.
A kimono influencer, Cliffe has spoken in Japan and in many other countries on kimono culture, and have published a book and articles in many journals.
Designing bright, outrageously colored garments, Narutoshi Ishikawa says that wearing kimono is an amplifier...
Despite concerns about getting dirty with small children around, Mika is part of the...
If you’ve ever wondered whether kimono have always been the same, who wore what,...
Influenced by one of Sheila Cliffe’s books, Chihoko began to wear a lot...
Kimono is inclusive, and it’s for now. It welcomes everyone, according to kimono pioneer...
Kimono expert and author Sheila Cliffe interviews the young American studying to be a...
This is the first of the “Kimono in the Closet” series, where author...
Between the threading, the dyeing, the weaving, the sewing, and everything in between “the...
Indigo is often associated with the color blue, and with denim blue jeans. But...
Sheila Cliffe traces the routes of Japan’s silk road and its path to becoming...
The pandemic has dealt a body blow to the kimono industry as a whole....
