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Whenever I talk about kimono and other forms of traditional Japanese clothing on Tokyo Telephone I always feel the need to reiterate the fact that I’m no expert in this beautiful and often confusing field: I’m a fair-weather kimono fancier, a window-shopper and a dreamer. So let me say it one more time: I’m just dipping my toe into the wonderful world of wafuku, and there plenty of other people out there who know a whole more about it than I do… however if we’re talking about the social significance of Comme des Garcons, that’s another story!
Right, disclaimer out of the way, today I wanted to [...]
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I think I’ve already said this before, but I’ll say it again: despite my terrifying love of Japanese fashion, what I know about kimono could probably fit on the back of a postage stamp. However, I am a huge fan of the visuals, and my clumsy attempts to think about kimono in depth (maple leaves – autumn, maybe?) just leave me wanting to explore this intricate world with its levels of meanings.
I think it’s a popular opinion that the art of kimono, and all it’s related fripperies, is a dying one… I don’t think I’m qualified to provide a proper cultural analysis [...]
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Amongst the progressive fashion of Japan Fashion Week, it is easy to forget about the Kimono and other items that go to make up traditional Japanese dress. Some might well argue that it has no place in modern Japanese fashion apart from as an inspiration, and indeed that Japan would do well to lose the increasingly archaic notion of the Kimono that haunts Japan in the form of the tourist friendly spectre of a Geisha undermining the image of modern Japanese fashion. On the other hand you can’t fail to notice that people in Japan still do wear kimono and yukata relatively often and even in a very fashionable [...]
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What do hime gyaru, agejo and kimono have in common? (Well, Japan, obviously…) A sense of the dramatic, perhaps? Maybe it was the bright colours that attracted me to this mook (magazine-book/special edition) in the first place, but boy am I glad I picked up Kimono Ageha! It’s utterly fantastic.
I do have to confess that I know about Ageha as much as I know about kimono – not a huge amount, but I am a fan of the visuals. Kimono are something of a mystery, but I love the secret language of it; the different parts, the coordinations, the seasons, and how much you can [...]
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