So this is, perhaps, an ideal time to consider the kimono. The T-shaped Japanese robe, which has inspired countless Western garments, complicates the conversation about what we’re allowed to adopt ...

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk at the V&A explores the history, design and popular culture of the Japense Kimono. [BO LEUNG/CHINA DAILY] Beautiful clothes, including a robe worn by British musician Freddie ...

A native Briton spends nearly 365 days of the year wearing kimono, even though daily use of the traditional Japanese clothing is on the decline among modern Japanese fashionistas. Sheila Cliffe, 60, ...

NEW YORK (AP) - 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) has ...

In contemporary Japan, the kimono has all but disappeared from everyday life, consigned largely to special occasions such as ...

Vintage kimonos, often regarded as family heirlooms and passed down through generations, are piling up in Japan’s second-hand markets as the garments fall out of fashion and the country’s population ...

Most commonly worn on holidays and formal tea ceremony courses (chado) in Japan, kimonos just got a serious makeover as everyday wear. As seen on Yahoo, modern kimonos took over Japan fashion week, ...

It’s opening night at Y & Sons’ new outpost in Omotesando and the party is in full swing. There is saké, craft beer and ...