For centuries, the kimono has been one of Japan’s most important and recognizable cultural exports. Under Japan’s sakoku isolationist policy, the Dutch East India company enjoyed exclusive ...

The kimono, a garment that dates back to the 5th century A.D. and worn by westerners for at least 150 years, inhabits the slippery gray area between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation.

A kimono worn by the late Freddie Mercury is to be shown at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The garment, which was worn by the Queen frontman in his home, is going to be put on display for ...

But Kardashian West’s appropriation of the word “kimono” for a line of products that have nothing to do with kimonos is problematic because it completely removes the word from any cultural ...

I’ve been passionate about this for 15 years. Kimono is my take on shapewear and solutions for women that actually work,” Kardashian wrote Tuesday on Instagram.

Later, in 1910s Paris, some kimono-inspired designs were worn as deshabille, i.e. for at home visits or trysts. (In Remembrance of Things Past, Albertine, the narrator’s love interest, wears a ...