Since at least the 1980s, Japanese fashion designers and their clothing brands have dominated the zeitgeist. Initially, with the cutting-edge, vaguely apocalyptic stylings of Comme des Garçons and ...
“There is a new view among consumers, too, that it’s cool to upcycle favorite clothes and wear them longer.” Since olden days, it has been common in Japan to fix and remake kimono to wear ...
FASHION Editor Clemmie Fieldsend is sick of seeing cartoon clothing on grown-ups and asks psychologist Emma Kenny why adults just can’t seem to get enough of the childish clobber. What do Moana, ...
A native Briton spends nearly 365 days of the year wearing kimono, even though daily use of the traditional Japanese clothing is on the decline among modern Japanese fashionistas. Sheila Cliffe ...