In the Edo period, when women came of age, the sleeves of their furisode would be cut shorter and “fastened” by stitching them. As the verb “kiru” (to cut) in Japanese also has the inauspicious meaning of “breaking off a relationship,” this action was instead referred to with the...
When Netflix’s Chef’s Table filmed the segment on her restaurant, she was the only chef in the series who asked to show her team. She took the opportunity to speak out about worldwide injustice to women. She has gone on to organize a café, run by women, in a Yazidi refugee camp...
The Kyokusui No En Festival is held in the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. In this festival, people dress up in traditional costumes, like the "junihitoe"kimono(an elaborate type of traditional garment worn by court women). They recite poems and drink sake. It's a recreation of an event that ...
along the Washington Avenue corridor. As any Houston area resident can tell you, Washington Avenue was straight ghetto as recent as ten years ago, before gentrification took a foothold and created the Washington Strip Houston we now know, full of condos...
The people still hiding behind their shiny facades will find that they become much less credible over the next few years.Vishen Lakhiani, founder of MindValley and now MindValley Insights, is opening the kimono alreadyso that his vision can touch 500 million lives. Yes!
Mellinger later created the world’s first padded push-up bra, and the less well-known “blow-up bra,” which came with a straw for self-inflation. (The latter was advertised in black and white sketches with the tagline, “Be the size you want to be!”) Sex, gender and morality: ...
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mother to take a day off. Now, this day is fit for my parent. It was created in 2003 and is celebrated each year on June 25, but it isn’t a public holiday. It encourages friends and family to take care of the children so that the stay-at-home parent can have some time to ...
When Maureen bought this outfit it came together as a set. But it’s a great example of how each piece can be mixed and matched so easily. Maureen wore the kimono many other times on the cruise for casual days. And in this post, you can see how the dress is super versatile. ...