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 ...

According to WWD, "The disputable silk kimono that was said to have been worn by Lady Duff Gordon when she escaped the Titanic sold Thursday for $75,205.'An anonymous international collector who ...

To take place at the Intercontinental Hanoi West Lake at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., the event will also feature an exhibition of kimonos and ao dai. The clothes are made from materials such as Japanese silk ...

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.

Kimono making in Japan is a dying art. For centuries Japanese have worn beautiful, hand-crafted kimonos, but soon there will be no one left with the skills to make one of the nation's most ...

Tokyo-born Keiko Hjersman, 50, coordinator of Japanese studies at UC Berkeley, said she can barely tie the sash on her kimono, and even her 84-year- old mother has stopped wearing one. "It ...

First-Ever U.S. Exhibition Exploring History and Art of Japanese Silk Braiding; Produced by Centuries-Old Braided Silk Cord Company, DOMYO "KUMIHIMO | The Art of Japanese Silk Braiding by DOMYO ...

In Michiko Tsui’s childhood home there was a room dedicated purely to embroidery. It was there that her mother, Fumiko Saito, ...

This photo provided by courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art shows Man's Under-Kimono (Nagajuban) with “Italy in Ethiopia” Symbols, Japan, Showa period, ca. 1935-45, made from printed silk.

A kimono is a gown made of silk that is worn on top of an inner garment. Kimonos are lightweight cardigan-like wraps that originated in Japanese culture and have become popular in western fashion ...