Japanese Clothing

▶ Traditional Clothing

▶ Modern Clothing

By Seonghun, Emily

The traditional forms of japanese clothing or japanese clothes in general is called wafuku( わふく ). Traditional japanese clothing can be broken down into the following clothing categories. 

きもの

ゆかた 

meaning clothing or things to wear is the basic japanese clothing

Today, most formal kimono are made of rayon, cotton sateen, cotton, polyester and other synthetic fibers except for the traditional wedding kimono.

Kimono were traditionally worn by men as daily wear clothing, but today they are usually only worn for festivals, ceremonies, special occasions and as kimono robes.

The yukata is a japanese summer kimono worn by both men and women. The name yukata comes from the word ” ゆ” (bath) and “ かたびら " (under clothing ).

there are many matching accessories that can be purchased separately when buying a yukata. 　　　　　　

School Uniform 　　　　　　　　　　（がくらん）、（セーラーふく）

Ganguro ( がんぐろ )

The Japanese junior and senior high school uniform traditionally consists of a military style uniform ( がくらん ) for boys and a sailor dress ( セーラーふく ) for girls.

がぃらん セーラーふく

The Ganguro （がんぐろ） street fashion became popular among

Japanese girls in the early 2000s, this style consists of bleached hair, a dark tan, fake eyelashes, black and white eyeliner, accessories and platform

shoes.

ゆかた： http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBRoRwd0i8k

How to wear the ゆかたhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgvzuEL-MEo

Japanese school uniformhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxvFoXelsVw

がんぐろhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjnCrz-fBFw