Apr 3, 2022
Japan’s discarded kimonos get new life as redesigned casual wear
Vintage kimonos, often regarded as family heirlooms and passed down through generations, are piling up in Japan’s second-hand markets as the garments fall out of fashion and the country’s population shrinks. Traditionally the long, loose attire is wrapped around the body in a series of precise folds, lifts and adjustments in a dressing process that