The kimono is the most famous garment worn in Japan. Kimono literally means “thing to wear” – it is made up of the Japanese words ki, meaning “to wear”, and mono, meaning “thing”.

Here’s how this most iconic of Japanese garments has found a ... Considered the most formal kimono for married women, it is usually only worn on limited occasions. However, this has ...

As part of the ceremony, women dress up in beautiful and colourful kimonos and men wear traditional Japanese dress or a suit and tie. The age of adulthood in Japan was set in 1876, but in 2018 the ...

It's celebratory wear and passed on in families through the generations," one Japanese woman, Yuka Ohishi, told the BBC. "[This] shapewear doesn't even resemble a kimono - she just chose a word ...

White Man In A Kimono also known as WMAF In Kimonos refers to an image of a white man and an Asian woman posing together at a ...

In the 19th century, Japan opened its doors. The "Kimono Dress"—emblematic of a broader clothing revolution—sheds light on Japan's forward-looking strategy as it joined the global community.

“What did women (of this country) wish to express with their kimono?” she came to ask herself. Cliffe got married, had children and got divorced in Japan. She had three children to raise and ...

KYOTO--A special exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Gucci’s arrival in Japan is now under way at the Kyoto City ...

NARA -- This western Japan city has seen increasing ... At around 3 p.m. one day in early July, a 35-year-old woman from Italy visited the rental kimono store NOEL in the Suimoncho district ...

But even though a law aims to boost the number of female candidates, some parties haven’t set targets for the proportion of women they plan to support in the upcoming poll. Japan’s poor record ...

Japan ranked 104th out of 142 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, finishing behind the majority of developed nations.While political and economic advancement for women remain at a ...