Mika Ross-Southall

A short history of the kimono

'Fashionable brocade patterns of the Imperial Palace' (1847-1852) by Utagawa Kunisada. Image: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk

    Anna Jackson, editor

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