Kimono

Kimono
 Kimono (Jap. 着 物 - «clothes") - the traditional male and female Japanese outerwear, as well as dressing geisha and maiko (geisha future). Has a free cut, cap sleeves, fastened to a belt. In the middle of the XIX century kimono was recognized national costume of Japan. It resembles a bathrobe and worn with the smell on the right side ...
 Kimono (Jap. 着 物 - «clothes") - the traditional male and female Japanese outerwear, as well as dressing geisha and maiko (geisha future). Has a free cut, cap sleeves, fastened to a belt. In the middle of the XIX century kimono was recognized national costume of Japan. It resembles the gown is worn and odor to the right side, and in both men and women. On the left side of the kimono plowed a corpse. Men's kimono produced in different sizes, for women - one. Classic models are made of silk, satin, modern and cheap - polyester and other synthetic fabrics. Dear kimono painted by hand, often using silver and gold powder.

At the end of the XIX century on a wave of enthusiasm Japan called Japonism, kimonos were worn and Europeans - first as an exotic clothes for home. At the beginning of the XX century the outstanding French couturier Paul Poiret made women's kimono element fashionable wardrobe evropeek. Also popular was borrowed from a kimono style cap sleeves, called "bat."