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Photograph of a man and woman wearing traditional clothing, taken in Osaka, Japan. There are typically two types of clothing worn in Japan: traditional clothing known as Japanese clothing (和服, wafuku), including the national dress of Japan, the kimono, and Western clothing (洋服, yōfuku), which encompasses all else not recognised as either national dress or the dress of another country.
Chonmage. A 19th-century samurai with a chonmage. The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the ...
Nihongami (日本髪, lit. ' Japanese hair ') is the term used for a number of traditional Japanese hairstyles considered to be distinctive in their construction and societal role. Traditionally, the construction of most nihongami hairstyles consisted of two "wings" at the side of the head, curving upwards towards the back of the head to form a ...
Shichi-Go-San (七五三, lit. 'seven-five-three') is a traditional Japanese rite of passage and festival day for three- and seven-year-old girls, five-year-old and sometimes three-year-old boys, held annually on November 15 to celebrate the growth and well-being of young children. As it is not a national holiday, it is generally observed on ...
Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Cardi B “didn’t want to be offensive” when she referred to the designer of her 2024 Met Gala dress as “Asian and everything” on the ...
Japanese female beauty practices and ideals are a cultural set of standards in relevance to human physical appearance and aesthetics. Distinctive features of Japanese aesthetics have the following qualities: simplicity, elegance, suggestion, and symbolism. [1] Concepts of female beauty originate from its traditional culture which has lasted for ...
Gwendoline Christie. As expected, the 2024 Met Gala's "Garden of Time" dress code drew plenty of floral ensembles to the red carpet. But no look is complete without a hairdo or headpiece to ...
The dress, which showcases four butterfly wings, features 2.5 million beads and took 800 hours to complete.Jennifer Lopez at the 2024 Met Gala.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Im Jennifer Lopez Stuns in Sheer ...