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Brides In Japan Are Turning Their Traditional Kimonos Into Extraordinary Wedding Dresses
It's not uncommon for modern Japanese weddings to combine Shinto wedding traditions with various elements of Western nuptials. Traditionally a Japanese bride would wear a furisode long-sleeve Kimono, but some brides are modifying their garments to add their own unique spin on the traditional Western wedding dress. By folding the sleeves down and tying them into a decorative bow at the back, their Kimonos are suddenly turned into elegant strapless dresses. The best part is that because the alterations are all superficial, the wedding dress can easily be turned back into a Kimono. So instead of having a wedding dress that you wear once and then leave in the closet to collect dust forever, why not try something different? (h/t: rocketnews)
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to be honest I like the original version better ;) tradition is beautiful :)
I love the original kimono's but I know that traditions that refuse to evolve die out. Scottish kilts (and tartan for that matter) exist only because they evolved.
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Cool concept ... but Kimonos are expensive, as expensive as wedding dresses if not more ... and people still wear them on special occasions ... it makes more sense if these aren't each model's own kimonos with cherished personal history but merely fabricated from same cloth as any kimonos are made with homage to tradition and beauty of kimonos ... otherwise, it's akin to hacking up your personal copy of Ferrari to make a fancy scooter for a special occasion ... sometimes, just because you can does not mean you should ... nevertheless, these dresses are beautiful and a nice meshing of east meets the west ...
Looks more like the 80s called and wanted their cheekbones back.
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this for me has the best of both worlds, the colours are amazing, and the style really pays tribute to the old traditional garment.
I want to get married again, Japanese style! But I'm too old and not Japanese!
Read the article. The sleeves have only been tied so it can be worn as a full kimono on a future occasion.
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I think it's great that these women found a way to mix their tradition with something more modern. Good for them!
It's not actually modern . It's the western tradition actually.
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I prefer their traditional dresses, kimonos. Westernstyle dresses are always so mainstreem.
The title implies that traditional kimonos aren't already extraordinary wedding dresses
Interesting idea but I like how the original kimono looks. It's unique and traditional but it's cool to see someone changing it up.
Best comment on this section so far. I totally agree. We're all about letting girls dress as they please, and then we get offended when they try bringing some change (even if borrowed from other cultures) within their traditions.
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The patterns on those kimonos are breathtakingly beautiful. It shows that the white dress tradition is acutally kinda boring :-D
Beautiful and interesting. All the weddings I've come across thus far around the Toyko area (around 10) have all featured a white kimono.
People getting upset about them changing their kimonos seriously have a stick up their butt, these are beautiful!
I think it's nice for them to actually turn their kimonos into dresses but I still prefer the traditional kimono.
why though? the kimono is perfection itself not a big fan of deforming a glorious, traditional clothing. might as well turn it into a bikini while you're at it.
Killing their tradition for the sake of being the same as everyone :(
This isn't "killing their tradition" since these kimono aren't worn after the women are married anyway. They wear them when they turn 20 for their "coming of age" day then perhaps for other special occasions, but they stay in the closet after the women marry or age a bit. It's essentially up-cycling/recycling something which would otherwise not see the light of day in most cases (some are passed along to daughters, but that's not common these days). It's actually pulling tradition into modern ceremonies by using this sort of dress rather than a Western-style wedding dress (something which has been integrated with Japanese culture since the 1800's). It's funny how people get worked up about Japan abandoing traditional culture and pout about it while I don't see any brides in Western countries wearing dresses that were popular 200 years ago at their weddings. They (Japanese women) have to stay frozen like dolls under glass, but we don't?
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I think it's great that these women found a way to mix their tradition with something more modern. Good for them!
It's not actually modern . It's the western tradition actually.
Load More Replies... I prefer their traditional dresses, kimonos. Westernstyle dresses are always so mainstreem.
The title implies that traditional kimonos aren't already extraordinary wedding dresses
Interesting idea but I like how the original kimono looks. It's unique and traditional but it's cool to see someone changing it up.
Best comment on this section so far. I totally agree. We're all about letting girls dress as they please, and then we get offended when they try bringing some change (even if borrowed from other cultures) within their traditions.
Load More Replies... The patterns on those kimonos are breathtakingly beautiful. It shows that the white dress tradition is acutally kinda boring :-D
Beautiful and interesting. All the weddings I've come across thus far around the Toyko area (around 10) have all featured a white kimono.
People getting upset about them changing their kimonos seriously have a stick up their butt, these are beautiful!
I think it's nice for them to actually turn their kimonos into dresses but I still prefer the traditional kimono.
why though? the kimono is perfection itself not a big fan of deforming a glorious, traditional clothing. might as well turn it into a bikini while you're at it.
Killing their tradition for the sake of being the same as everyone :(
This isn't "killing their tradition" since these kimono aren't worn after the women are married anyway. They wear them when they turn 20 for their "coming of age" day then perhaps for other special occasions, but they stay in the closet after the women marry or age a bit. It's essentially up-cycling/recycling something which would otherwise not see the light of day in most cases (some are passed along to daughters, but that's not common these days). It's actually pulling tradition into modern ceremonies by using this sort of dress rather than a Western-style wedding dress (something which has been integrated with Japanese culture since the 1800's). It's funny how people get worked up about Japan abandoing traditional culture and pout about it while I don't see any brides in Western countries wearing dresses that were popular 200 years ago at their weddings. They (Japanese women) have to stay frozen like dolls under glass, but we don't?
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