thing to wear by kelvinwiratama from indonesia

In Japanese, ki-mono literally means “thing to wear”, but it never says that it has to be worn only on the body as a robe. What if in the past, kimono (pattern and/or garment) is not only applied/ wrapped in the body as a robe, but also on other fashion products like hats, bags or even shoes. While still applying the same type, form or pattern of the garment. So everything that is wrapped with kimono garment and pattern can be also called a kimono (e.g. kimono bag, hat, bra, shoe, shorts, etc.)

One of the factors why Japanese citizens rarely wears kimono is because kimono requires high amount of garment to manufacture, thus making the price expensive. So, by applying kimono on fashion product that require less amount of fabric such as shoes or bags, It will cut the production cost therefore making the products more affordable to customers and shoes or bags are a complimentary in fashion product that can be combined with any clothing.

The main objective of this idea is for kimono to not only be limited on bags or shoes, but to be applied to another form of fashion and everyday life objects but still using the traditional garment, pattern, accessories and its wrapping technique. Accomplishing this will result in people to be more accustomed to kimono and for it to be more associated in their daily life and then become a living culture. Therefore preserving the traditional culture of kimono so that the future generations can enjoy this wonderful culture.