Word: kimonoed
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...care about. It’s the dresses that made us want to gag that really count. Poor Uma Thurman. A woman who consistently wears some of the finest clothes in the fashion world, Uma must have had a blunt object hit her before the show, because her pseudo-kimono-warrior-princess dress was absurd. Her ensemble was either a feeble attempt at educating herself on international culture or a cheap promotion for Kill Bill. Either way, this mishap will be forgiven but not forgotten...
...dignified captors, Algren learns Japanese, rediscovers his inner goodness, and, in the course of one arduous morning, overcomes his alcoholism. Twelve steps aren’t necessary in this Land of the Rising Sun: from the patronizing perspective of The Last Samurai, all an American expatriate needs is a kimono and a hearty bowl of rice to be spiritually cleansed and freed from Western corruption...
...stage. "His training taught him to work within narrow limits, so he knows how to make a lot out of small opportunities," says Hitomi Hagio, a Tokyo-based film and theater critic. That's made Shido a natural character actor. Whether dolled up in white face paint and a kimono playing a samurai's prodigal son, or hamming it up on TV alongside pop idol co-stars, he visibly savors each one of his roles. And his gift for satire, evident in HR, reflects Kabuki's origins as a way for the common folk to ridicule the ruling samurai class...
Memoirs captivated readers through the seductive first person voice of Sayuri as she is trained in the arts of the geisha—dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup and hair; pouring sake in a way designed to beguile; competing with a jealous rival for men’s attention—and the money that goes with...
...peasant tops. This year the bohemian look has been supplanted by Asian attire, including cheongsams, kimono-style shirts and pants replete with embroidery, along with jewelry of engraved lacquer, jade and coral. Asian fashion, of course, has been around for centuries, but every so often Westerners rediscover its riches. "China, and its abundant heritage, offers boundless inspiration," says Stanislas de Quercize, president and CEO of Cartier, whose company this April launched a new line, Le Baiser du Dragon (The Kiss of the Dragon) with designs invoking Chinese openwork screens and fen ling wind bells. Cartier's diamond wish-knot pendant...