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In Michiko Tsui’s childhood home there was a room dedicated purely to embroidery. It was there that her mother, Fumiko Saito, ...
Disha Patani looked elegant dressed in an ivory kimono with a rose coloured belt. The quintessentially Japanese wrap-around ensemble featured intricate floral embroidery on it which added more ...
In 2016, models adorned in silk kimonos paraded down a concrete, industrial runway at New York Fashion Week in midtown Manhattan. Some of the garments were solid and clean, often in bold colors ...
Fashion startup Arlnata uses silk kimono fabrics for its ready-to-wear clothing, most of which is Western-style. Based in Japan, the brand presented its first collection in April 2019. (Courtesy ...
Models present kimonos created by Hiromi Asai, a Japanese stylist and kimono textile artisan, during New York Fashion Week. While various big name designers have adopted different takes on the ...
Tokyo Fashion Week drew to a close last week, showcasing a sexy new twist on the kimono, as the Japanese classic makes a quiet comeback into women’s wardrobes. In a departure from the heavy silk ...
In 2014, after researching traditional Japanese patterns, Sopinka and Dey designed a fairly straightforward kimono, a silk robe printed with fans and feathers, cinched at the waist with a black ...
NEW YORK>> It’s difficult to imagine a more eloquent symbol of Japan than the deceptively simple, T-shaped kimono. Traditional yet ever changing, the kimono (“thing to wear,” in Japanese ...
The New Hampshire-based auction house claimed that the item was an "Original silk Japanese kimono-style full-length robe worn by iconic Titanic First Class passenger Lucy Christiana a.k.a. Lady ...