0:04:38 > 0:04:40To make a kimono is very complicated.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47What happens is that for different stages of making a kimono,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49you have different experts.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56This process gives the very subtle colours of Oshima Tsumugi,
0:04:56 > 0:05:01which is a variation of brown, green, grey and,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03because of this very
0:05:03 > 0:05:08subtle but rich colour, Oshima Tsumugi is very famous.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Around the 15th-16th century,
0:08:50 > 0:08:55what you now would recognise as a kimono started to appear.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00What used to be the undergarment became the outer garment.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Where western dress can be very varied in shape, the shape of kimono
0:09:07 > 0:09:13has not changed almost at all and even today we use the same shape.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17It's quite simple because you don't need any buttons, you don't need
0:09:17 > 0:09:22any zippers, you just wrap yourself in it and put a waistband around it.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26But you could make it as elaborate as you wanted to,
0:09:26 > 0:09:30using different dyes, using different types of embroidery.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33So, you could be very creative with the simple style.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23It's very cumbersome, you might have to take ten lessons
0:18:23 > 0:18:26to be able to properly dress yourself in a kimono.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30It's not only about wearing it, after you undress yourself
0:18:30 > 0:18:35you have to hang your...hang your kimono for the night.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37And then, after that, fold it carefully,
0:18:37 > 0:18:44put it in individual paper garment boxes and store it.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It's like a tuxedo and a ball gown here.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50You don't wear a tuxedo daily, you don't wear your ball gown,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53it's reserved for special occasions.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It's the same thing in Japan, now, for a kimono.