In some cultures, it holds a strong symbolic meaning. In Japan, the obi, a wide kimono belt, reflects a person's social status, age, and sometimes marital status. In Morocco, the mdamma ...

KYOTO >> Maria Kawahara, a kimono designer, believes that the traditional garment can be worn more freely — with a belt, for instance, if one doesn’t have an obi, or even with boots or high ...

Photos for Valentino showing Japanese model Koki walking in high heels on a traditional obi kimono belt, and wearing shoes inside, have whipped up a storm of social media criticism amid ...

By around 1400, it had become outerwear, a longer garment, with longer, wider sleeves, and a belt. The kimono styles worn today were first created in the 1600s. People stopped wearing the kimono ...

or the belt that holds a kimono in place, for a recent shoe collection by Christian Louboutin. “Louboutin was inspired by the kosode, a typical kimono from the 19th Century,” says Rie Nii ...

A group of Japanese mothers in Sendai city is producing special kimono belts with fairly-traded African fabrics. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media ...

The belt of the kimono features a deformed flower arranged like a cobblestone in SA's flag colours of black, red, green, yellow and blue, and all the kimonos are hand-painted. Step into a world where ...

Band member Natsuna, 33, who performs sword combat and modern dance, will be wearing a costume made from a few types of pre-loved obis or kimono belt. "I am very impressed with what the students ...