How the Kimono has Influenced the World of Fashion

Christian Louboutin’s boots, autumn/winter 2017 collection. (© Kyoto Costume Institute)

A men’s suit by Tom Brown for the spring/summer collection 2016. (© Fashion Press)

A day dress by Jacques Doucet from around 1897 featuring iris (kakitsubata) blossoms and leaves. Photo by Hayashi Masayuki. (© Kyoto Costume Institute)

Japonse rok at the exhibition Japonism in Fashion in 1996. Photo by Hatakeyama Naoya. (© Kyoto Costume Institute)

Dress by Paul Poiret, 1920s. Photo by Hayashi Masayuki. (© Kyoto Costume Institute)

Exhibits from Kimono Refashioned at the Newark Museum in 2018. (© Mike Peters)

Works by Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, and Issey Miyake at exhibit Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion held at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, 2010–11. (© Lyndon Douglas)

Coat by Comme des Garçons (Rei Kawakubo), autumn/winter 2012. Photo by Hayashi Masayuki. (© Kyoto Costume Institute)

Dress and skirt by Yohji Yamamoto, autumn/winter 1996. Photo by Hatakeyama Takashi. (© Kyoto Costume Institute)

Dress by Iris van Herpen, autumn/winter collection 2016. Photo by Hatakeyama Takashi. (© Kyoto Costume Institute)