Most commonly worn on holidays and formal tea ceremony courses (chado) in Japan, kimonos just got a serious makeover as everyday wear. As seen on Yahoo, modern kimonos took over Japan fashion week, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese rock star and fashion designer Yoshiki kicked off the week-long Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo on Monday, taking to the stage to perform music as models strutted by on the runway ...

With a flourishing career in fashion design, the Calamba-born artist proves that with talent, determination and intellect, ...

Kimono SK fashion designer, Sueko Oshimoto and Hiroko Cottle with the Japan Festival are in studio to give a sneak peak at some of the traditional and modern kimonos you will see this Saturday at the ...

This summer, the Cincinnati Art Museum is featuring a new exhibit that celebrates one very specific item’s impact on the rest of the world: the kimono. The glamorous new traveling exhibition, Kimono: ...

The survival of the Japanese kimono craft is on the verge of a crisis, but kimono artisan Hiromi Asai is on a mission to preserve this ancient art through a fashion forward, contemporary approach. In ...

"The untold modern history of the Japanese kimono and its dynamic relationship to Western culture. Japan's engagement with Western clothing, culture, and art in the mid-nineteenth century transformed ...

Kimonos date back more than 1,500 years, when they were worn as everyday wear. They are truly works of art with the fine details and elaborate embroidery, says Pittsford artist Etsuko Goode, who grew ...

KYOTO >> Maria Kawahara, a kimono designer, believes that the traditional garment can be worn more freely — with a belt, for instance, if one doesn’t have an obi, or even with boots or high heels ...