The Ebook of Kimono

This sensible and engaging e-book makes obtainable for the primary time the fundamental data and vocabulary wanted to pick and placed on a kimono and obi.

Whether or not for ladies or males, all kimono are reduce and sewn basically from a single sample, however a lot of variations have to be thought-about, relying on the event. Tips are given to creating these decisions, and the best way to decorate in a kimono, from the preliminaries to tieing the bustle sash, is described intimately and totally illustrated. For ladies, there are formal kimono, obi and equipment, and the light-weight summer time yukata; for males, the yukata and the ceremonial ensemble of kimono, haori coat and hakama skirt. Kids’s kimono for festive occasions are additionally described.

Kimono fashions have developed over the centuries in response to different influences. At present trendy improvements are making the sporting of kimono at dwelling and elsewhere a beautiful various to Western clothes. These are included right here, together with a dialogue of aesthetics, the historical past of the kimono, and the which means that kimono tradition can have for wearers and admirers all through the world.