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Feb 23 2004 3 Comments

Kimono kitsch?

This picture was recently posted on the Mainichi Daily News webpage.

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Now admittedly this photograph isn’t all that bad (or indeed very interesting), but for some reason I always feel awkward when I see gaijin in a kimono. Certainly a western gaijin anyway.

Maybe I’m old fashioned, or simply downright miserable, but for me a foreign face and a kimono are simply not the best combination. As outfits go, the kimono takes some beating, with its delicate beauty and ultra feminine style. But this somehow gets lost on a gaijin. Ending up looking more like a party costume than anything else. Which is a shame.

Categorized: Fashion, General

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  1. Alex says

    2/24/2004 at 9:05 pm

    Hmmm…Dude looks like a lady!

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  2. Laura says

    3/30/2007 at 2:09 pm

    Hmm, I could say the same for Japanese women who dress in Victorian frocks in parks, posing for pictures. Why can they do that, and westerners can’t wear a kimono?

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  3. me says

    3/14/2010 at 12:53 pm

    Yeah this is kind of funny, japanese people don’t realize that everytime they wear victorian clothes it looks like they’re going to a costume party…

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