To gauge consumers’ appetite for the shoes, Kawamura launched the sneakers on the Japanese crowdfunding platform Makuake in 2022. Aiming for a modest 300,000 yen ($2,068) target, the startup ...

Japanese service "＆Steady Reborn" has a great solution, as they offer to take in old kimono and obi (the sash worn around a kimono) and turn them into sneakers with the same elegant designs. The ...

At least not according to Boston Club, a shoe shop from Osaka that’s pushing the idea of wearing sneakers with kimono. Similar to the avant–garde designers looking to give a place to old-school ...

SHOES. ACCESSORIES. ART & COLLECTIBLES. BRANDS. SALE. COMPLEXCON. This Asics Gel Lyte III Is a Kimono for Your Feet The Japanese brand gets cozy. Brendan Dunne. July 23, 2015. Share. Images via ...

A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favourite by taking geisha and making it Gaga. Noritaka Tatehana is the man behind Lady Gaga's towering, clog-like shoes, which have no heel and ...

The Windrunner jacket, made with 100% recycled polyester, is inspired by Japanese kimono design. The the national team logo is stamped with recycled Nike Grind rubber. NIKE ...

Kimono businesses responded by creating schools in order to teach Japanese women how to wear kimono. But “once you have schools you make a right way and a wrong way to do it,” says Cliffe.