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Men's obi are not generally worn with accessories, being for the most part too thin to accommodate any of the accessories worn with women's obi. However, in the Edo period , practical box-shaped accessories called inro ( 印籠 ) , which hung from kaku obi with a fastener called netsuke , became popular.
The accessories fit into a fold-out rectangular wooden box elegantly lined with velvet. Each accessory has its own particular niche in the box, such that they will all fit together into the small space of the folded-up box. The box was invented in 1888 [1] by John M. Griest, a Singer employee [2] who was awarded a US patent for the design.
One fashion accessory commonly worn by women in Victorian England was the slide bracelet. Slide bracelets were worn after the wrist watch came into fashion. [6] During the early 16th century, in Italy hat badges were worn by civilian men of higher social status as a decorative item, in imitation of the cap badges worn by the invading military ...
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Inro with the characters for longevity and good fortune and the "Seven Lucky Treasures" on checkerboard ground, Edo period, 18th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art. An inro (印籠, Inrō, lit. "stamp case") is a traditional Japanese case for holding small objects, suspended from the obi (sash) worn around the waist when wearing a kimono.
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