The Stitch Safari Podcast

The Japanese Aesthetic and Kimono

November 18, 2021 Cathy Jack Coupland
The Stitch Safari Podcast
The Japanese Aesthetic and Kimono
Show Notes

 

The romantic and exquisitely wrought designs of the Japanese aesthetic featured on numerous Kimono, inspired many through their elegance and exoticism.  From the understated, to the overt, from wartime propaganda kimonos of the 1930’s and 40’s to some of the most beautiful depictions of blossoms and geometric patterning ever seen, the Kimono seduces and captivates, still.