Saturday 29 May 2010

Babelcute: Kimono

Akinasu wa yome ni kuwasuna

I am what is known as a Changed Lady. Since January I've been going through a development
that started with Lolita, briefly near Hime Gyaru, through Dolly Kei, onto Mori, and then spread out into God Knows What. I love so many different fashions from Japan, but I'm also branching into more high fashion, and I'm becoming interested in Paris fashions right now...(but that's not the point).

For those who are not particularly interested in fashion any further East than New York, any mention of 'Japanese fashion' often conjures up a mental image of a Geisha, which is not quite what we're about.
But maybe we should be taking the hint...

Kimonos graced the pages of the W*C summer catalogue (thanks to Moments Like Diamonds for the information, check out the post here), and have similarly been on the radar of high fashion...




Alexander McQueen: Royal Kimono from the fall 2010 collection















Again from McQueen, a new approach on the traditional Geisha shoe (ok, so it's not a Kimono, but they're freaking awesome)









Wafrica: Japan + Africa = Ultimate multiculturalism (yay!)













Curly Collection: Pop art colours make for an adorable Kimono look







How to get your fix...




subtly: The Furies - Black Cropped Kimono Shirt













unashamedly: Bodyline - Yukata L053














Want to know what the quote for this post means?

Don't let your daughter-in-law eat your autumn eggplants....