Kimono businesses responded by creating schools in order to teach Japanese women how to wear kimono. But “once you have schools you make a right way and a wrong way to do it,” says Cliffe.

Traditional Japanese kimono span a wide variety of styles and types, ranging from formal attire for weddings and other ceremonies to casual summer yukata worn at festivals and as nightwear. While ...

He specialises in “Edo Komon” — a kimono pattern hand-dyed with a Japanese washi paper stencil, which dates back to the Edo period between the 17th and late 19th centuries. It’s a deeply traditional ...

Japanese kimono have inspired European and American designers since the 1870s, and their designs have influenced Japanese designers in turn. This impressive Asian Art Museum exhibit includes ...

The shape of the kimono hasn't changed since its first appearance around the 15th and 16th centuries. What used to be the undergarment became outerwear, which was simply wrapped around a person.

The kimono as we know it dates back to Japan’s Heian period (794-1192) and came into its own during the Edo period between 1603 and 1868. With many samurai to dress, kimono makers improved their ...

They pay around 9,000 yen ($80) to be dressed in a kimono worth about 300,000 ($2,750) yen. "Kimono is a piece of Japanese culture.