Harumi’s Kimono Story (Part 1)

Harumi – STORIES 着物物語 This first kimono that I want to introduce is a kimono with a woven design of red camellias on a black ground. It was a surprise present from my mother and grandmother, but it is not at all what I wanted. They had no idea that a child could wear a…

Yoko’s Kimono Influences

  Influence 影響を受けていることについてお話してください My mother worked as kimono seamstress, so I grew up surrounded by kimono from childhood. I do not read any kimono magazines. I feel that magazines are things I make, not buy, because of my previous job in magazine publishing. However, I have occasionally consulted a kimono book for information on kimono…