Japanese Bamboo Umbrella 'Take-Amino' Cotton This is where the kimono

This is where the kimono becomes a canvas

The fabric is a textured cotton-linen blend with a soft hand and a clean drape that falls straight from the shoulder

It's the kind of all-black piece that reads as sharp and deliberate rather than plain — a dragon you have to look for

Over it falls a finely pleated

These are trousers that look better roughed up than box-fresh

Japanese Bamboo Umbrella 'Take-Amino' Cotton This is where the kimonoThe golden umbrella portraying a woman in kimono This umbrella carries a warm portrait overhead. Against a glowing ocre gold ground, a woman stands in a pale patterned kimono with a dark obi and bright red accents, her hair dressed in the traditional style, rendered in the soft, graceful manner of a classic ukiyo e print. The golden light wraps the whole scene in warmth. The figure is delicately drawn: the light kimono falls in gentle folds patterned