| Specifically, kimonos compartmentalise cultural display both within and outside of Japanese culture. |
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| There was an open-air teahouse with picnic tables and young Japanese girls in kimonos who brought dainty teacups along with two pots of tea. |
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| There are also silk taffeta, stretch satin and stretch voile, silk chiffon dresses and printed silk kimonos. |
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| Yet despite his slovenly appearance, somehow Araki is always followed by lovely young ladies in kimonos and gangs of sharp-dressed yes men. |
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| On one side, soft shades of terra-cotta, cream and black depict richly patterned, folded and sashed kimonos. |
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| Its streets are lined with people strolling in Western suits or Japanese kimonos, in full bustle even then. |
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| Kids dressed in happi coats and kimonos are irresistible, as is the smell of chicken teriyaki on the grill. |
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| Authentic Japanese vintage kimonos, obi, fabrics and unusual vintage items possess their own history and charm. |
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| Dressed in traditional kimonos and carrying fans and scrolls, the kids danced to some Japanese tunes. |
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| They wanted to have just the right brooch or hair clip to accentuate their kimonos. |
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| Shops selling Japanese woodblock prints, kimonos, fans and antiquities popped up in Paris like mushrooms. |
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| Ideal for transporting the material from our kimonos and martial arts training. |
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| Shop taekwondo, dobok, suit, gloves, kimonos, hats, bibs, dobok of competition and training. |
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| During the banquet the audience was treated to live theatre presentations as well as a dance by two Geishas dressed in kimonos. |
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| Fantastic Asian fashion game in which you'll learn all the rules relative to kimonos thanks to Sayuri, our Japanese friend. |
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| These landscapes are full of men in short kimonos and women dressed in blue cotton. |
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| There are also distressed leather jackets and printed silk kimonos. |
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| You will be able to compare these with examples of kimonos worn in the past. |
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| Take the site of the Sogo Department Store, a high-end emporium that once sold everything from elegant kimonos to shockingly expensive packets of dried seaweed. |
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| Strapless or V-neck tops, corsets and kimonos with shaped waists fit the bill, while ruched or shirred details can also help create shape and a lean line. |
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| Social change was documented through the fashion pages, and '50s couture gave way to mini skirts and trouser suits, which in turn gave way to kaftans and kimonos. |
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| This is far more than just a matter of bowing and sleeping on futons and tatami, or of old women continuing to wear kimonos. |
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| The kimonos and yukatas are for sale in heaps of colours and styles. |
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| The result was monastically simple walnut chests with interiors of paulownia, a wood typically used for storing kimonos. |
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| She saw a picture of a bunch of girls posing in short-skirted kimonos. |
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| After the second world war, when many Japanese were short of cash, people would ask to borrow money against their kimonos. |
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| Nobody finds it tasteless when Japanese women wear kimonos or Russians wear uniforms with shiny buttons. |
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| If you would like more information about the availability of Design Mystic silk scarves, ties or kimonos please click here. |
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| Just as the Japanese used netsuke toggles to fasten their kimonos, the Inuit hung theirs from hunting equipment to placate the animal spirits for past catches. |
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| If you think of kimonos or school uniforms when you think of Japanese fashion, you're missing out on the best and most flamboyant outfits that Japan has to offer the world. |
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| Likewise, ancient Japanese nobility once attached bouquets of mint to their kimonos, breathing the aromatic herb was believed to invigorate the body. |
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| There you will see kimonos, kaftans, t-shirts, jeans and jackets. |
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| There are different types of kimonos to denote something about the wearer, married or unmarried, young or old. |
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| He dressed in silk kimonos, had a large retinue of servants and carried the signature daisho, or twin swords, of the Japanese ruling samurai class. |
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| Ten female dancers dressed in colourful kimonos and floral headdresses, assisted by two to four male dancers, perform a repertoire of six to ten dances. |
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| Shops in Kyoto offer doll kimonos and accessories including netsuke and kanzashi. |
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| Women with parasols appear to be wearing kimonos. |
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| Besides bed topping, Sleeping Partners makes playwear and kimonos for children and adults. |
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| From housewives hooping at Butlins to kids on the beach, even geishas in their kimonos, the hula hoop has proved its universality and its timelessness. |
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| Called okimono, the whimsical carvings, measuring a few inches tall, represent scenes from daily life or folk tales: farmers talking to perched songbirds, rats trying on kimonos and monkeys protecting persimmons from wolves. |
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| And Chinese robes, Japanese kimonos, Indian lungis, South Asian sarongs, and North African caftans are certainly skirt-like. |
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| Every year in the middle of January, at a shrine or before the houses of the community, five to ten women from age forty to eighty sing a capella to accompany the dancing of ten to twenty young girls in colourful kimonos. |
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| His knowledge of Japanese art also extends to the traditional Japanese screens, tea boxes, kimonos, lacquer-ware and ceremonial swords. |
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| Although the yukata, or simple summer kimono, has come back into fashion with some young Japanese, kimonos now are mainly reserved for such special occasions as weddings and graduations. |
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| And then 30 maiko and geiko take to the stage in a flourish of multi-coloured kimonos for the annual Miyakoodori, the dance of the old capital. |
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| Listening to him feels like chatting with your neighbor over the garden hedge, and it's all too easy to be distracted by the foliage, I'm afraid, as he maunders on about knife wounds and sleeping potions and missing kimonos. |
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| The brides either wore white, or Korean hanbok, or Japanese kimonos, while the grooms looked handsome in their tuxes, sometimes with red ties, with white scarves wrapped around their necks. |
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| Sushi, sake, geishas, kimonos, samurai, bonsai! |
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| Classical Bohemian glass cutting, decorative Japanese flower motifs inspired by kimonos, the world of modern optical glass, but also nature and crystallography turn up in surprising combinations. |
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| It is now easier for Brazilian small businesses to export their goods to other countries, whether they are selling judo kimonos to Japan, mushrooms to Europe, or dog clothing to the United States. |
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| And then 30 maiko and geiko take to the stage in a flourish of multi-coloured kimonos for the annual Miyako-odori. |
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| The beauty of the landscape was reflected in the kimonos of Kunihiko Moriguchi and of his late father Kako, both considered 'national living treasures' in Japan. |
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| Inauguration of the Japanese Garden, following its restoration by the Japanese gardener Touemon Sano, and the inauguration of the exhibition and parade of Jyuni Hitoe kimonos from the Heian epoch. |
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| The hotel is noted for its service-the origami crane on your bed, the comfortable cotton kimonos, and the almost military salutes of the bellhops. |
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