Posts Tagged ‘Kimono’
Bunka no Hi, 2009
Tomorrow is Bunka no Hi in Japan. It is a national holiday celebrating Japan’s culture. I think it is a wonderful way to enjoy many cultural and historical attributes of the country. So what happens on Bunka no Hi? The Imperial Palace in Tokyo holds a ceremony to [Read More]
Kimono Armchair
Recycling to create furniture with the kimono fabric is a great idea. Kimono would typically have been taken apart for washing in the past and then re-sewn. It was a very expensive exercise. So it is interesting today that the kimono material is not always being re-worked [Read More]
Kimono Books
There are a lot of books and magazines in stores at present showing the new kimonos in season for winter 2009-2010. It is nice to see that the digital market for fashion has not taken over from the glossy magazine section. It is always rewarding to pick up a brand new [Read More]
Walt Disney and Kids Kimono
Disney in Japan is so popular, people will pay a premium price for the Disney brand. These kimono which show off the Disney characters, certainly have that price tag included. It is an interesting combination – Disney characters on pieces of clothing considered so [Read More]
Slings, Dogs and Kimono
I had never thought of dogs wearing kimono before. How unusual! What attention to detail. Thanks to CrazyMnM85 I came across this because I saw some slings for pets in Ito Yokado last week and not being a dog owner was quite interested in the ‘invention’. [Read More]
Sento Part VIII
The final episode in Kimonobox, the movie Between the Ninja and this headgear – my day has been fraught to say the least! Lets shoot the final scene coming out of the bath house ….. Okay this looks like a wrap!? Do we take a bow? Meet the fans now? Do the [Read More]
