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Kimono Patterns - Kimono Styles
Kimono Patterns Customarily, woven kimono patterns, dyed clothing and repetitive patterns are considered informal. Formal kimono have free-style designs dyed over the whole surface or along the hem. Originally, the kimono was worn in multiple layers of different colors. Up to a dozen or more colorful layers of contrasting colored kimono would be worn. Today, the kimono is normally worn with a single layer on top of a slip style undergarment called juban.
Kimono
Styles
Older women or those who have married, wear a kimono with short sleeves called tomesode. The kimono designs are smaller or solid and the colors are more subdued. There are also special kimono made for ceremonies and paying respect called the tsukesage, komon and the homongi.
Today, kimono producers and designers have modernized the kimono to meet the consumers everyday demands, economics and life style. New kimono patterns, designs, colors and fabrics are made to be "generic" to the persons age or marital status, thus being much more versatile.
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