Cliffe was 24 when she first visited Japan on a trip during a summer vacation ... “What did women (of this country) wish to express with their kimono?” she came to ask herself.

It's celebratory wear and passed on in families through the generations," one Japanese woman, Yuka Ohishi, told the BBC. "[This] shapewear doesn't even resemble a kimono - she just chose a word ...

A staffer at kimono store Yumeori Honpo dresses a woman from ... kimonos and their summer counterpart, yukata. Westerners in particular appear to want to try on traditional Japanese clothing ...

The tradition and cultural significance of Japanese kimono garments is the subject of an exhibit currently on display at the ...

PremiumShop's merchandise collaboration with My Dress-Up Darling goes live on Aug. 24, 2024, across four cities in Japan, ...

The Japanese town of Kojima is all about denim. The main road is named Jeans Street, pairs of jeans flap like flags overhead, the drinks vending machines at the railway station are plastered with ...

elegant garments that reminded her not so much of Japan but of royalty. "I didn't know those dresses were kimono," says Harris, an elementary school teacher in her 40s now living in Chiba Prefecture.

From everyday wear to high fashion staple, and back again, the kimono has always adapted with the times. Here’s how this most iconic of Japanese ... for married women, it is usually only ...

Kim Kardashian West is to change the brand name for her latest fashion line following accusations of cultural appropriation. Some Japanese people on social media complained that the trademarked ...

Christina Kashiwada was traveling for work during the summer of 2018 when she ... About 11,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and about 1,500 ...

NARA -- This western Japan city has seen increasing numbers of inbound visitors strolling around tourist spots wearing kimonos and their summer counterpart ... a 35-year-old woman from Italy ...