Kimono, Reimagined: From Historical Dress to Contemporary Fashion
The kimono is often treated as a timeless silhouette, but its story is full of change. Historical garments, graphic experiments and contemporary fashion show how a familiar shape can carry new patterns, identities and ideas. This selection draws on the V&A’s Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk research, with traditional dress clearly distinguished from its reinterpretations.
Uchikake | Pattern as a Landscape
An outer kimono from around 1800–30 spreads its pattern across an expansive surface. Look at the way the decoration moves around the sleeves rather than staying inside a small panel. The garment, probably made in Kyoto, makes a useful starting point: its silhouette gives cloth the space to become the main event.
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