The Kimono: a Short History
August 30, 2009 by
Though the kimono originated in China, the Japanese have been wearing them for hundreds of years, and their great beauty is attributable to 17th and 18th century Japanese designers.
The cloth and color combinations often indicated the social or political status of the wearer and the kimono’s color varied with the season. These days, the kimono is no longer a purely traditional garment.
Traditionally, all girls in Japan learned to make their own clothes and sew. But sewing was less difficult than in the west. The haori, girdle and kimono, and even the long-hanging sleeves, used only parallel stitches. The garments were, in fact, taken apart for cleaning, and each piece, after being mildly starched, was stretched on a board for drying, before being stitched back together again.
There are many different kinds of silk kimono: the long-sleeved, beautiful types worn by young girls or geisha, the formal kimono stamped with the wearer’s emblem and worn on ceremonial occasions; men’s kimonos and kimono for children. A young girl would wear a kimono with long sleeves and an Obi, a broad silk or brocade band about 12 feet long and 12 inches wide. As the girl grows older, her kimono designs become smaller and the colors deeper and richer while the obi is worn lower and made narrower. In addition, haori, a short knee-length kimono, is often worn. In modern times, a kimono is usually only worn for special occasions and is primarily worn by women, but certain men do still wear this garb. Both haori and kimono can be hung on a hardwood frame as wall art.
As an indulgence or ideal gift, kimono clothing is extremely versatile, a welcome addition to anyone’s wardrobe.
Possibly the most popular color for a kimono is red, derived from safflower. The yukata is related to the kimono, except it is made of light weight cotton and is less formal.
The American narrator continually credits the Sung dynasty for all these inventions. Yet, he himself mentions that one still existing Chinese stone bridge dates back to 600 AD. Well,…this was long before Sung. 600 Ad was the Sui Dynasty. It is mentioned in ancient texts that bridges existed at least 1000 years before that.
@ K.Kaviraj: Because Photoshop's or MSPaint's color palette doesn't tell you what colors compliment each other and what combinations would look good while building a site/interface!
Colourlovers is a site where you don't “pick” colors, rather you share and get color combination ideas from other users who have made such complimenting palettes, the color combinations in which never fail to impress. Unless of course you're a retard.
Check out the site first, get to know about its aimed at and then speak up. It is because of ignorant people like you that this site has an outdated and pretty much awfully bland layout and color scheme. Can ya dig that?
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I did this too! I did mine on Freddie Mercury, but some other people did their's on Cedric Diggory, Kenny from South Park, Spongebob, and Barney. I think it'd be funny if you did one of a teacher or classmate. Otherwise Kenny would be fun and easy to do if you watch South Park.
I agree, electro art brings a fresh and unique energy to contemporary art. It can be considered somewhat Avant Garde in it's color combinations, messaging, and non-traditional approach…and in an era of graphic art…it creates an interesting lane for future artists alike. The way it fits together shows how many different perspectives you can find in each picture. There are many more works by Jamie Cullen and others via the link. Glad you enjoyed it..
You should renew your vowels. Thats a romantic gesture to keep the love and spice alive! They maybe you could recreate your honeymoon. ;0)
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* I'm not worried about “unique 4 corner color combinations”. I don't want every card to come out with the same or similar color combinations, but if 2-3 cards have the exact same color combinations, I'm not gonna be too worried.
* I'm generaly for VERY general categorization of colors, but keep in mind, we're not going to be wanting all 4 corners to be the same color 99% of the time. Meaning each card is probably going to have 2-3 colors, so they need to be able to fall under multiple “categories”. Mostly, we just have to remain concious of what's going to link to what (and how).
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