National japanese costume

The national Japanese costume is notable for its indescribable, incomparable color, subtle grace of style, bright personality of forms and colors. Since the discovery of the country of the Rising Sun, Japanese motifs in clothing invariably excite the minds and hearts of famous designers and notorious mods.

The first mention of the Japanese costume are found in ancient Chinese manuscripts. With the advent of Buddhism in Japan, Chinese influence leaked to many areas of life, including clothing. In the VII century, the Japanese costume is finally formed in a finished form, close to what we are used to seeing at the present time. At the same time, a classic kimono model appeared - in the form of a swinging gown with long sleeves.

It should be noted that the word "kimono" means not only this type of clothing. The hieroglyphs that make up "kimono" denote in combination "what they wear" or "the thing they put on themselves", it is simpler - clothing as a type. In modern language, both meanings of the word are used. To highlight typical Japanese clothing, the term “wafuku” is used, in contrast to which they use “yofuku” - western-style clothing.

Colors and shades vary in men's and women's clothing. The men's suit is focused, first of all, on a practicality and not dimness, therefore colors were classically selected dark or neutral coloring. Prints are used mostly simple geometric, less vegetable and animalistic. The belt, shoes and accessories are also made in soft calm tones.

Colors and shades are chosen bright, rich for festive clothing and calmer for everyday wear. The main color focus is on the obi belt. Often used fresh pink, green, purple, purple, blue shades. The use of floral and vegetable prints is widespread, seasonal motifs are popular - leaves of momiji maple leaves in autumn, flowers of sakura, peach or plum in spring, thin needles of matzah pine in winter.

Fabrics and a cut of the present Japanese kimono are the secret inherited from the master to the successor. Since ancient times, fabrics have been made and painted by hand; But this applies only to expensive classic kimono. The modern industry produces a large range of factory yukata, hakama and haori with typical prints.

Varieties of the Japanese national costume suggest excellent canons of clothing for people of different sexes, social status and social status.

Women's traditional costume consists of several layers of clothing, assembled in such a way that in certain places, as if by chance, the underwear looks through. The underwear includes the skirt of a special “futano” or “kosimaki” style, as well as the undershirt “hadadzyuban”. Outerwear is a kimono or in some cases haori, characterized by the presence of an unstitched armhole in the armpits, in which the underclothes must be peeped out. Of course, it is very important that the upper kimono and the corresponding lower one are successfully harmonized in color.

The standard ob length is four to five meters. An excess of a belt is necessary in order to tie ribbons that are incredible in their complexity and beauty.In ancient times, the method of tying a bow, the color and ornament of the obi spoke about the social status and marital status of a woman. Now the bow on the obi carries a purely utilitarian and aesthetic load.

Men's suit is simpler, because it includes fewer wardrobe details and implies less convention. Kosmimaks and juban, a narrow, short robe of straight cut, as well as a loincloth of a piece of fundosi fabric, are considered to be the lower garment under traditional garments. A kimono or haori is worn on top - a short jacket with a standing solid collar, characterized by wide spacious sleeves. It is also customary to wear hakama - wide pleated pants, with a silhouette resembling a skirt. Hakama was the traditional clothing of warriors and is still used as a uniform in many martial arts.

Children's costume is, in fact, a smaller and more elaborate copy of adult variations. Children's outfits are distinguished by more vivid and picturesque colors, specific prints that bring good luck, with flowers and painted carps - koi, as well as a number of accessories.

Japan’s traditional footwear has two popular models - geta and zori. Zori are woven, dimensionless sandals with a flat sole. Geta there are two types. The first type of geta looks like a tall wooden bench with one or two legs, the height of which can reach about ten centimeters. The second type of geta is based on a massive wooden block with a notch below.

Geta is attached to the leg with two laces, fastened between the thumb and forefinger of the foot. The specific cut of the shoes gave rise to special socks “tabi” with a separated thumb. Often geta decorate and festively painted, so that some specimens are the real works of art.

Women often decorate their hairstyles with special combs, chopsticks and fancy hairpins.

Today, Japanese costume models follow the path of simplification. It is no secret that traditional costumes are rather inconvenient and heavy, besides they require substantial costs in storage and operation. Some types of kimono are simply impossible to wear yourself. Therefore, they are worn except for special occasions - at weddings, ceremonies or historical festivals.

In general, modern Japanese women of fashion and mods prefer the yukata, a lightweight and simpler model of kimono. And if originally the yukata was a modest home vestment, now it is a full element of the wardrobe. People go to visit her, go through the streets, wear them for holidays and festivals.