24 Mar '12, 12pm

Kimono with attitude at Japan Fashion Week - Daily News - San Francisco Luxury News

Models display creations designed by Japanese designer Shiho Shiroma during the Shiroma 2012 to 2013 autumn and winter collection in Tokyo on March 21, 2012 as a part of Tokyo Fashion Week. AFP Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 TOKYO – The traditionally modest and freedom-inhibiting kimono is getting a new lease on life at Japan Fashion Week, with an edge of defiance and seductiveness. Historically a garment whose multiple layers and tight wrapping have been viewed by some as restricting a woman’s mobility and keeping her subservient to men, Jotaro Saito’s kimono collection betrays expectations. The style in his “Futurism” 2012-2013 autumn/winter collection remains graceful and true to form, but it is definitely not modest. “Jotaro’s kimono treads the line between the traditional style and the frisson of the entertainment quarter,” said Tokiko Someya, 60, after the show. “That’s what...

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