It has become a star of the show in it’s own right. I’m talking about Ken Barlow’s kimono – the black silky Japanese-style robe that has been stealing scenes in Coronation Street since 2009. Debonair ...

Balancing modernity and tradition is at the crux of Japanese culture and key in Shibasaki’s work as one of the most revered and innovative contemporary kimono designers in Japan. “All my inspiration ...

His fingers muscled from almost a century of weaving, Yasujiro Yamaguchi worked the humming loom in his private workshop. Patiently lacing golden threads through a warp of auburn silk, he fashioned a ...

Kimonos are mostly worn on formal occasions in Japan, but designer Jotaro Saito hopes his creations in bright, printed fabrics will seduce Japanese and foreign fashionistas looking to add something ...

Tallulah Cannigham (right) and Ellen Bird, both members of the International Kimono Club Sydney, at Gunners Barracks in Mosman in 2018. Source: International Kimono Club Sydney Kimono, which means ...

A Ukrainian student who evacuated from her homeland wears a kimono in the city of Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on May 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa)=Click/tap photo for more images. FUKUOKA -- Twenty ...