Word: kimonoed
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...found a big problem, that is wonderful." In the case of his work, he realized that "my very disadvantage, my lack of Western heritage, would also be my advantage. I was free of Western tradition or convention. There was no other way for me to go but forward." The kimono may be "a shape frozen in time," but Miyake not only took from it a way of cutting and wrapping clothes and a means for construction of a sleeve that did not constrict, he used its central concept of the space between body and cloth...
...contrasting role of the clowning Clarion, Caudle is excellent, although the depth of his character is not made as apparent as it might be. Clad in a Pittsburgh Pirates cap and a matching outfit of sneakers, yellow Bermuda shorts, cheap black imitation kimono, and Hawaiian-print shirt. Caudle stands out against the simple costumes of the rest of the cast. And with an astute sense of comic timing and expression, he serves as effective fool and foil for the other characters, and as commentator for the audience on the events taking place around...
Most Americans have sooner or later encountered an image of the geisha. She is dressed in a traditional kimono, dark hair piled into a stylized coiffure and face painted ivory white. Despite the familiarity of the symbol most Americans are either unknowledgeable about what a geisha is or believe her to be a prostitute...
...sensual way of life. Originally geisha were the innovators in fashion and music; they were the vanguard of society. But as Japan became more modern and Western, geisha realized that their profession was intimately tied with the traditional Japanese arts. So where most Japanese women felt uncomfortable in a kimono, the geisha leads her life...
Dalby likes this traditional element and devotes a large amount of her book to descriptions of the kimono and the shamisen--a geisha's musical instrument...