Kimono
noun
A traditional Japanese garment, a long robe with wide sleeves, tied with a sash.
She wore a colorful kimono during the tea ceremony.
Often appears as...
- wear a kimono
- silk kimono
noun
A type of long, loose robe with wide sleeves, initially from Japan but now worn elsewhere too.
She picked a floral print kimono for her beach vacation.
Often appears as...
- floral kimono
- beach kimono
noun
A traditional Japanese garment, a long robe with wide sleeves, tied with a sash.
She wore a colorful kimono during the tea ceremony.
Often appears as...
- wear a kimono
- silk kimono
noun
A type of long, loose robe with wide sleeves, initially from Japan but now worn elsewhere too.
She picked a floral print kimono for her beach vacation.
Often appears as...
- floral kimono
- beach kimono
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
The kimono is a symbol of Japanese heritage and tradition, often worn on special occasions.
At her graduation, Yumi wore an heirloom kimono passed down from her grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Attire
In Japan, kimonos are formal wear, not casual clothing; they're chosen for ceremonies and formal events.
Guests are expected to wear kimonos to the wedding as it's a traditional Japanese ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Complexity of Wear
Putting on a kimono is complex, involving specific folding and tying, often needing assistance.
Tomoko needed help from her mother to properly wear the kimono for the festival.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
The kimono is a symbol of Japanese heritage and tradition, often worn on special occasions.
At her graduation, Yumi wore an heirloom kimono passed down from her grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Attire
In Japan, kimonos are formal wear, not casual clothing; they're chosen for ceremonies and formal events.
Guests are expected to wear kimonos to the wedding as it's a traditional Japanese ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Complexity of Wear
Putting on a kimono is complex, involving specific folding and tying, often needing assistance.
Tomoko needed help from her mother to properly wear the kimono for the festival.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
The kimono is a symbol of Japanese heritage and tradition, often worn on special occasions.
At her graduation, Yumi wore an heirloom kimono passed down from her grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Attire
In Japan, kimonos are formal wear, not casual clothing; they're chosen for ceremonies and formal events.
Guests are expected to wear kimonos to the wedding as it's a traditional Japanese ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Complexity of Wear
Putting on a kimono is complex, involving specific folding and tying, often needing assistance.
Tomoko needed help from her mother to properly wear the kimono for the festival.
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Everything around you...
Working with them, we created one of the best yarns in the world, which consists of thin metallic alloys wrapped around with polyester fibers and cotton fibers. These yarns were made in the same machines which were making yarns for kimonos for generations.
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What Happens When an...
kimono lol eventos mod n toda tanto cientos de mille bellomont curve eaten dentro de de la serda frost yet this spatula like all space junk traveled at 17,500 miles per hour eventually it burned up in Earth's atmosphere
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion.
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Diane von Furstenberg
Belgian Designer
The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.
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Issey Miyake
Japanese Designer
Paul Poiret did wonderful things because he was so influenced by motifs, but Vionnet really understood the kimono and took the geometric idea to construct her clothes - and that brought such freedom into European clothes in the 1920s.
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Molly Crabapple
American Artist
The first time I made any money, I was 27. I went to Bergdorf's looking like a proper guttersnipe and bought a pair of Louboutins. I'd wear them and an old ink-stained kimono and make my drawings and feel indomitable.
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Emily Maitlis
British Journalist
I remember the Silver Jubilee clearly because we had a fancy dress street party in Sheffield. I dressed up as a Japanese girl with a too-big red kimono - cultural appropriation hadn't been invented in 1977. I was six.
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Lizzo
American Musician
I love kimonos because you can just throw them on over anything. Ever since I got my first kimono from Lane Bryant in high school and thought, 'This is amazing; I can wear it with everything!
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Lucy Liu
American Actress
Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.
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Amy Hill
American Comedian
It would be great if people could guess right off that I am Japanese-Finnish-American. But then I'd have to be wearing a kimono and pulling a reindeer.
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Colleen Atwood
American Designer
In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.
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Jamie Dimon
American Businessman
We are totally open kimono with regulators.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion.
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Diane von Furstenberg
Belgian Designer
The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.
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Issey Miyake
Japanese Designer
Paul Poiret did wonderful things because he was so influenced by motifs, but Vionnet really understood the kimono and took the geometric idea to construct her clothes - and that brought such freedom into European clothes in the 1920s.
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Molly Crabapple
American Artist
The first time I made any money, I was 27. I went to Bergdorf's looking like a proper guttersnipe and bought a pair of Louboutins. I'd wear them and an old ink-stained kimono and make my drawings and feel indomitable.
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Emily Maitlis
British Journalist
I remember the Silver Jubilee clearly because we had a fancy dress street party in Sheffield. I dressed up as a Japanese girl with a too-big red kimono - cultural appropriation hadn't been invented in 1977. I was six.
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Lizzo
American Musician
I love kimonos because you can just throw them on over anything. Ever since I got my first kimono from Lane Bryant in high school and thought, 'This is amazing; I can wear it with everything!
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Lucy Liu
American Actress
Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.
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Amy Hill
American Comedian
It would be great if people could guess right off that I am Japanese-Finnish-American. But then I'd have to be wearing a kimono and pulling a reindeer.
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Colleen Atwood
American Designer
In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.
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Jamie Dimon
American Businessman
We are totally open kimono with regulators.
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