I’ll introduce about Kimono and clothes manners. There are various kinds of kimono. We have to choose it to adapt Time, Place and Occasion. First, a kimono divides full dress, semiformal dress and everyday clothes. I’ll talk about a full dress. A full dress is Shiromuku, Tomesode and Hurisode. Shiromuku is an all white dress. It is worn in a marriage. In Japan, either shiromuku or wedding dress is worn by a bride. Both shiromuku and wedding dress are white color, so an invited guest must not wear a white. And then, Tomesode is worn by a married woman, and Hurisode is usually worn by an unmarried woman. They are worn in a formal place, but they are not suitable as everyday clothes.
Besides, in summer, people wear a yukata. When they go a summer festival, many people wear it. It is most familiar with us in many kimonos. Even more, mourning clothes are worn in a funeral. In America, it seems that color of a mourning clothes is not decided, but in Japan, it is usually black, so you must not wear a bright color clothes in Japanese funeral.
Kimono is seemed to look like same, but there are a little differences of design. Let’s wear it in correct occasion.
