In the modern era, on most days Japanese women wear Western-style clothing. Sure, kimono look nice, but they’re less practical and more time-consuming to put on than a shirt and pants or skirt. An ...

Kimono are one of the most recognizable aspects of traditional Japanese culture. A standard form of dress since ancient times, kimono are often worn in the modern era to lend occasions a sense of ...

The Japanese kimono is one of the world’s most iconic traditional item of clothing. It is instantly recognisable, with its simple yet elegant cut, intricate patterns, diverse colours and luxurious ...

The kimono today enjoys greater prominence and influence in the world of fashion than ever before. There was a time, though, when the traditional garment seemed in danger of disappearing from the ...

The kimono is an icon of Asian apparel, evocative of ancient Japan. But today, a number of designers are taking inspiration from its traditional shape, says Liza Foreman. The word ‘kimono’ originally ...

Disha Patani looked elegant dressed in an ivory kimono with a rose coloured belt. The quintessentially Japanese wrap-around ensemble featured intricate floral embroidery on it which added more ...

Japanese women put on their finest winter kimonos in the annual Coming of Age ceremony in Tokyo Credit: Photo: REX Yasutaka Komiya, an 84-year-old craftsman, sat on a woven tatami mat floor flicking ...

A video of university security guards attacking a man wearing a “kimono” last Sunday has gone viral in China, stirring heated debate online over the country’s easily stoked anti-Japanese sentiment.