Japan’s T-shaped unisex garment cut from a single bolt of ... By Will Heinrich I’d always suspected as much, but the exhibition “Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection” at the ...

By the Edo period (1603-1868), everyone wore a unisex garment known as a kosode, made from straight pieces of fabric sewn together like today’s kimono. In the early 1600s, Japan was unified by ...

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 ...

Genuine leather sneakers that incorporate upcycled kimono fabric rescued from storage are growing popular throughout Japan and in other markets around the world. Sneakers of this type have been ...