JAPANESE TRADiTiONAL COSTUMEz

*--->A very special outfit is worn by the traditional Japanese people which is know to be the Kimono. The kimno is the traditional dress that's worn nowadays on formal occasions.

*--->It is sometimes accused of being an impractical or useless form of dress, although it has it's advantages of giving the person who wears this traditional outfit a graceful and elegant deportment as some people say. In other words the look shows a sign of respect for the culture, including a sense of an obidiant look on the outside.

*--->A long under gament or a robe like outfit which is called the nagajuban is worn underneath the kimno and on top of their normal clothes that are worn. Right above is what it looks like

*---> The obiage supports the obi.
*---> The obi is a sash for the kimono.
*---> The obijime holds the obi in position.
*---> The baggy sleeves are called the Tamato.

*ONE FACT IS THAT THE MATERIAL BEING WORN IS SILK AND CAN BE DYED VARIOUS COLORS AND PATTERNS.

*---> Furisode is the formal kimono with long baggy sleeves worn by UNMARRIED women. Married women wear the normal-sleeved tomesode.

FACTz:

*The word kimono simply means things to wear

*Today a japenese women usually owns one kimono typically a furosode kimono which is worn for the women who are comming of age in their 19th birthday.

*---> The traditional white wedding Kimon is called the shiro-maku. Shiro meaning white and maku meaning pure. The wedding kimono consists of two different kimonos. The white wedding kimono is worn during the wedding ceremony and an elaborate rich patterened silk brocade kimono called the uchikake is worn over the white kimono at the wedding reception.