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Traditional loose-woven two-piece clothing, consisting of a robe-like top and shorts below the waist; the seams connecting the sleeves to the body are traditionally loosely-sewn, showing a slight gap. Worn by men, women, boys, girls, and even babies, during the hot, humid summer season, in lieu of kimono. Jittoku (十徳)
[4] [5] He has participated in Tokyo Fashion Week (Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week) since 2006. [3] [4] Saito also works as an artist and interior designer, having previously creating an immense brocade piece for display in the Kanda Myojin Edo Cultural Complex. [3] He is a member of the Council for Fashion Designers, Tokyo. [3]
The first instances of kimono-like garments in Japan were traditional Chinese clothing introduced to Japan via Chinese envoys in the Kofun period (300–538 CE; the first part of the Yamato period), through immigration between the two countries and envoys to the Tang dynasty court leading to Chinese styles of dress, appearance, and culture becoming extremely popular in Japanese court society. [1]
Tagalog maginoo (nobility) wearing baro in the Boxer Codex (c.1590). Baro't saya evolved from two pieces of clothing worn by both men and women in the pre-colonial period of the Philippines: the baro (also barú or bayú in other Philippine languages), a simple collar-less shirt or jacket with close-fitting long sleeves; [5] and the tapis (also called patadyong in the Visayas and Sulu ...
Dyers such as Moriguchi Kako of Kyoto continue to create yūzen dyed kimono, which were so sought after that the contemporary fashion industry designed an industrial method to copy them for use on Western style clothing. Famous designers, such as Hanae Mori, borrowed extensively from kimono patterns for their couturier collections. By the late ...
The use of bold colours and intricate designs spurred on by technological advancements can also be seen in the clothing of infants and young children represented in the Collection, including a boy's kimono and under-kimono set decorated with cranes and pine trees, and a girl's set that combines a deep blue outer-kimono with a bright red under ...
An example of Chihaya clothing. Chihaya (襅; ちはや) refers to certain articles of clothing worn in Japanese culture.. These may include: A cloth or cord used to tie back the sleeves of a robe, primarily used by women to get the sleeves out of the way for work ranging from important shrine ceremonies to humble kitchen work.
During the early 1800s, geisha in the hanamachi of Fukagawa, Tokyo began to wear haori over their kimono. Haori had until that point only been worn by men; the geisha of Fukagawa, well known for their stylish and unusual fashion choices, set a trend that saw women wearing haori become commonplace by the 1930s.