Tag: taishō roman / 大正ロマン

Furuki Yo-Kimono Vintage by Sonoe Sugawara

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After only recently finding out that there is a shop specialising in vintage kimono in London, I went to meet Sonoe Sugawara, kimono dealer and owner of Furuki Yo-Kimono Vintage in Dalston yesterday. After mainly selling and displaying kimono at markets around London for over 10 years, Sugawara-san just recently moved into the newly opened independent business venue The Factory.

Furuki Yo-Kimono Vintage focuses mainly on kimono from the Taishō period, a great time for kimono fashion with new innovations and aesthetics emerging out of the forward-looking and democratic social context of the 1920s. Sugawara-san also collects imperial and samurai families’ wartime propaganda kimono, as well as Japanese folk workwear and textiles. I highly recommend a visit to anyone with an interest in kimono culture, to have a browse through the collection and a chat with the friendly and very knowledgable Sugawara-san!

All images © Carolin Becke

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~ Carolin Becke ~ Leave a comment

Just thought that I should would like to start blogging again, so here we go. Expect to mainly find images of kimono and other clothing / costumes related content accompanied by semi-academic short texts.

To get things started, here is a picture of me and my friend wearing hakama in Kyoto in 2018. We aimed for a Taishō Roman 大正ロマン look, trying to capture the aesthetics of the Taishō period (1912-26) in our chosen kosode / hakama ensemble.

© Carolin Becke