Women's Black Japanese Kimono 'Sakurako' Cotton soft cloud

soft cloud

Traditional embroidered pattern

It's an open-front haori

hand-finished look rather than a polished porcelain one — the flecks in the clay and the small variations in the blue are part of the character

everyday oversized tee rather than a costume

Women's Black Japanese Kimono 'Sakurako' Cotton soft cloudThe black kimono you can't lose yourself inside Black does the work most colours can't: it puts the wearer first. Sakurako runs pink cherry blossom up panels of deep black, edged with white patterned borders down the front and around the cuffs, so the flowers read clearly without swallowing you the way an all over pastel can. You stay the subject; the print stays the setting. It's a full length cotton kimono, printed rather than woven, so the blossom