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Fragment of kimono (kosode or short-sleeved outer robe)
Origin: Japan
Date: Late 17th century
Medium: Silk damask, resist-dyed, embroidered with silk and gold-wrapped thread
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Anna May Wong in a lush Technicolor short that she was way too good for, but which nevertheless shows off her incredible poise and beauty.
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Jane with a Japanese Doll, Alfons Karpinski (1875-1961), 1909. (National Museum, Krakow)
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Source: tokyotelephone.com“The kimono enjoyed a single show at Tokyo Fashion Week, a reminder that it still is the elephant in the room when considering Japanese fashion, an alternative path in fashion design that never got the chance to be fully explored in a modern context since it got put in the proverbial closet in late Meiji. Still one show is better than none, and a damn sight better than the usual cliched appearances in fashion editorials, but it does lead to the question as to why there are not more designers working with the garment? ” (excerpt of article about Jotaro Saito)