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Vintage Japanese Kimono Culture News

Fun Inspiration For Kimono Designs

September 11, 2017 Dana Lewis

Generally speaking, we have design expectations for kimonos. We imagine silky or other very light fabrics, bright colors, and floral patterns, for instance. But a fashionable kimono can have any number of different designs. Particularly if you’re looking into designing kimonos for a specific event – for instance, they’re very popular gifts from a bride to her bridesmaids before a wedding – using a theme can be a great deal of fun. We’ll leave the specific designs to those of you who are interested in buying fabrics and doing the work on your own. But here are a few fun...


Doll-Making in Japan 2017: From Hinamatsuri(GirlsDay) to Busu Ningyo (Ugly Woman)Dolls

June 19, 2017 Yoko Lewis

Japanese Dolls in Kimono Doll Making in Japan 2017: From Classical to Japanese Cabbage Patch? Contemporary Trends in DIY Japan: Japanese Vintage Fabrics Crafts古布細工 (kofuzaiku -- old fashioned crafts) Background:  From time to time we find tiny miniature kimonos mixed in with our large imported shipments of vintage adult and children's kimonos. As these mini-kimonos are rather rare we usually offer them in auction. We find that many people are fascinated by Japanese dolls so we thought we would write a short info piece on them. However, at the same time we were doing some background research on the subject,...


Hill Tribe Textile Tour of Vietnam: Great Ethnic Textile Travel Blogger Launches Ethical Tours

June 07, 2017 Yoko Lewis

We have been following with some enthusiasm the blog of a British woman now living in Asia whose pen name is "Donna Wanderlust". When we first found her blog earlier this year it was because she wrote some very high quality pieces (with great pics) about Japan and especially kimono culture (our site's core theme).  So when she announced to her blog  followers about textile tours among the  hill tribes of Vietnam we got excited for two reasons: It was about honoring ethnic textiles, cultures and their people (this is the heart of what we're about at YokoDana Kimono), but...


Globus Washitsu at it again: Recyclable & Sustainable Kimono Contest/New YorkCity)

May 13, 2017 Yoko Lewis

For our creative folks out there who are into making kimono(s),vintage kimono and upcycling, check out the Recycle & Sustainable Kimono Contest sponsored by Globus Washitsu (New York City): http://kimonocontest.net  


We love DuckDuckGo! New (2016) Search Engine Review in Wikipedia

May 03, 2017 Yoko Lewis

New Search Engine in 2016: We love this new search engine for several reason, listed well in the. Wikipedia  article which had the following to say about DuckDuckGo:  DuckDuckGo (DDG) is an Internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results. DuckDuckGo distinguishes itself from other search engines by not profiling its users and by deliberately showing all users the same search results for a given search term. DuckDuckGo emphasizes returning the best results, rather than the most results, and generates those results from over 400 individual sources, including key crowdsourced sites such as Wikipedia, and...