kimono

     

The kimono (着物, kimono) is the national costume of Japan. Originally the word "kimono" literally meant thing to wear (ki wearing and mono thing) but now has come to denote a particular type of traditional full-length garment.

Trivia about kimono

  • This traditional garment of Japan is also available with fur trim from Fendi for $28,000
  • A kaku-obi is a stiff silk sash worn over this garment on formal occasions
  • Often used as a dressing robe, it's the Asian style of dress seen here:
  • Yukata is a traditional style of this robelike belted garment
  • A shiro-maku is a simple, white one of these robes worn by a Japanese bride at her wedding
  • Not so much wan, an obi is a decorative sash tied around this robe
  • Japan's Shichi-Go-San, or "7-5-3", celebrates 5-year-olds wearing trousers & 7-year-olds tying this with an obi
  • Geisha garment(6)
  • An obi is the wide sash that goes around one of these Japanese garments
  • In Japanese, it means "a thing for wearing" or "clothes"