African Kimono
Most young Japanese women find kimono, the Japanese national costume, so boooooooring. Perhaps this Wafrican style will make next month’s Coming-of-Age Day—seijin no hi* with the kimono cosplay of Japanese girls the turning 20.
Wafrica Kimono
The Japan Times
…in a collaboration between an African designer and a traditional Japanese kimono-maker. Launched last month, Wafrica — Africa plus wa for Japan — has unveiled a range of kimono handcrafted in an array of African cotton fabrics that would seem to be a million miles from the subtle silks more commonly associated with traditional Japanese dress….more…
Visit the official website of www.wafrica.jp and www.kururi.net.
*Coming-of-Age Day is held annually on the second Monday in January. Along with the festivities women turning age 20 in the year celebrate this day by wearing a furisode kimono with long sleeves that drape down…often for the first (and last time in their life), which gives the girls the grace to transvette coming out for the first time, ha, ha. Coming-of-Age kids often gather in groups and go to parties or go out drinking. Young women not used to wearing kimono and zori slippers can often be seen staggering and limping as the afternoon wears on and evening approaches. Later in the evening, it is not unusual to see young adults dead-drunk wobbling into the trains, heading home after a day of celebration.
Via –Wikipedia
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