TAIPEI -- For more than a decade, Japanese fashion designer Shunsuke Teranishi worked in Tokyo, Milan and Paris for leading Japanese and European apparel brands. But his career took a dramatic turn in ...

Some of the silk scarves available at Asiatica, a shop in Westwood, Kan., owned by Elizabeth Wilson that specializes in one-of-a-kind garments from Japan. Wilson travels to Japan every year to find ...

Evening coat (approx. 1913), by Amy Linker, silk satin and silk crepe with bead embroidery (Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, © the Kyoto Costume Institute ...

Japan's traditional costume, the kimono, dates back to the 8th century, although it has changed considerably over the years. With a huge variety of designs, the kimono expresses the unique Japanese ...

Colorful masks made with Oshima Tsumugi silk fabric are seen in this photo taken from the Instagram account of textile maker Kamimura Shoten. KAGOSHIMA -- A textile maker in this southwestern Japan ...

Neo Kimono has banded together with Tokyo’s vocational Vantan Design Institute to pave the way for a traditional take on modern pumps with the Obi de Boots iki heel covers. Designed by stylist Chihiro ...

Part of the charm of kimono is that it can be passed down for generations, and then when it can no longer be worn, it can eventually be cut and repatterned into various other forms such as kitchen ...

Japanese women put on their finest winter kimonos in the annual Coming of Age ceremony in Tokyo Credit: Photo: REX Yasutaka Komiya, an 84-year-old craftsman, sat on a woven tatami mat floor flicking ...