Women's Spring Kimono 'Shikuru' Steel flame-like mane

flame-like mane

The yellow accents and speckled sole keep it from reading too severe

The seated figure is worked in polished relief

Japanese ryū are benevolent water and weather deities — often depicted without wings

This jacket avoids that with a deep panel of indigo patchwork print set against the dark

Women's Spring Kimono 'Shikuru' Steel flame-like maneThe navy kimono with cranes woven into the waves Cranes and rolling waves blur into one another across this navy kimono, printed tone on tone so the birds emerge from the water only as you look closely. It's the most subtle piece in the collection no bold focal point, just an all over rhythm of wings and current in deep, calm blue. Tonal is the whole idea. With the cranes and waves kept close to the navy ground, the jacket reads almost solid from a