Articles of category "Japan clothes"

Since the late 19th century a Western-style dress has become popular among Japanese men, and since the 1920s, it has come into everyday wear among women. However, kimono, traditional Japanese clothes have not disappeared or lost its value and role in Japan's modern life. Today, kimono is not everyday clothes as it used to be until the beginning of this century, but it is traditional clothing for special occasions, such as the coming of an age ceremony (the 19th birthday of a woman) and a wedding.

The most known and seducing to the Westerners part of the Japanese fashion is the Japanese street fashion. It is represented in a multitude of Japanese street fashion magazines, such as ViVi, NONNO, CanCan, Elle, Ray and JJ, and the main feature of this Japanese fashion, meant only for "walking in the street", is to create a total look of completeness. A young girl or a man, dressed according to the Japanese street fashion, looks chic from head to foot with each particular detail, complementing to the look of another.