Despite the glamorous image of her design work, Kawahara’s kimono pattern designs require careful processes using both modern technology and knowledge of history and Kyoto. As she works ...

TOKYO >> A Tokyo woman’s quest last fall to make her own “furisode” kimono for her Coming-of ... Kato designed a pattern with input from Manaka that featured dahlias, a symbol for gratitude ...

KYOTO--A star geisha from Gion-Kobu ... For example, she had a kimono made on the motif of ume (Japanese plum) and snow, which is only good for wearing over a short spell of days before spring ...

The kimono has been worn by Jedi knights in Lucas's Star Wars film saga, and David Bowie in his futuristic alter ego Ziggy Stardust. "It's very fluidity is, I think, what makes it such an iconic ...