Bbc Handmade | In Japan Series 1 2of3 The Kimono ...

Yet, the tone shifts when the master admits that he has no apprentice. "Young people," he says through a translator, "see the kimono as a coffin. They wear Western clothes to work, Western clothes to party. The kimono is for weddings and funerals only."

BBC’s Handmade in Japan Reveals the Quiet Crisis of the Kimono BBC Handmade in Japan Series 1 2of3 The Kimono ...

"I am not saving the tradition," the designer admits. "I am mutating it. If it does not change, it will die." Yet, the tone shifts when the master admits