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 ...

The economy ministry on Oct. 17 unveiled the uniforms for its volunteer attendants who will guide visitors at the Japan ...

This summer, New Look sold one kimono every five seconds. The high street retailer has credited Japanese-influenced cover-ups with helping to boost its profits by 38.4% to £43.6m from April to June.

“I studied Japanese to learn about kimono, and kimono taught me Japanese ... an obi sash and a collar to go with them. “What did women (of this country) wish to express with their kimono?” ...

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”.

UK women have been celebrating 100 years of the vote, looking back at the lives of those first suffragettes. But who were the black and Asian women who called for votes for women? The 1866 ...

实际上，女性在打扮自己时需要把握一个适当的度。 既不能过于张扬，也不能过于平庸。 过度张扬容易给人留下浅薄的印象； 而过于平凡则会显得缺乏气质。 这就对穿衣打扮提出了正确的认识要求。

Westerners in particular appear to want to try on traditional Japanese clothing ... a 35-year-old woman from Italy visited the rental kimono store NOEL in the Suimoncho district of Nara.

In two piercing works, the National Bunraku Theatre’s puppets—floating, airy creatures weighted by earthly human ...

For us children, the first indication of the approach of New Year's came when our mother pulled out our festival kimonos to make sure they still fit—she usually had ... The men would pound the rice ...