GaGa used as example to discuss casual kimono wear

[Rose 27]

The kimono: For nice nights out, naughty nights in

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/life/fashion_style/2015/09/19/the-kimono-for-nice-nights-out-naughty-nights-in/lady-gaga.jpg.size.xxlarge.promo.jpg

Celeb factor

There is also a theatrical thread to the trend, which can be pulled back to Lady Gaga, who has taught us all to blur the lines around what is costume.

She wore a kimono to yoga class last summer in Toronto, a full-length baby-blue silk number with hot pink lining to match her shoes. Then this past May, she famously donned an oversized, sculptural black glittery Balenciaga kimono for this year’s Met Gala, openly mixing her Asian metaphors for this year’s Chinese theme.

http://www.thestar.com/life/fashion_style/2015/09/19/the-kimono-for-nice-nights-out-naughty-nights-in.html

 

 

[Bradley 56,420]

One of her best looks this year:

 

[Gallus 1,525]

Queen of used as example to discuss casual kimono.

[Alcina Dimitrescu 1,156]

im surpised and pleased that this isnt an stupid cultural appropiation post.

 

And yeah kimonos are awesome didnt see that blue one tho.

[chromadica 636]

It's more a hanbok than a kimono.

[Supersonic 49,376]

The MET Gala one is not a kimono it is a hanfu.

[Sizzily 14,543]

So thats where the News and Events section's picture came from. How long ago was this?

I'm glad this isn't about cultural appropriation.

[Bad Bromance 5,809]

Gaga's Met Gala look is everything.  I've always loved that hanfu, tbh.  

[RAMROD 102,138]

Yessddd. Loving this look.

But those are not kimono

anyone writing that article need to do extra research next time.

[JazzGa 14,399]

It sort of bothers me that we are now calling all silk robes "kimonos." Of course traditional and formal articles of clothing are rebranded and made easier to wear all the time, and I own two fringe silk robes that were advertised as kimonos online, but there is such a huge difference between Coachella fringe robes and actual kimonos I don't know why we are bothering to call them that, especially with so many people being so ridiculously sensitive to people wearing things from other cultures. 

I do love all of Gaga's robe looks, from the encore BTWB giant king sized bedsheet one to the most recent one she wore at NYFW.  So effortlessly glamorous