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[rm]

http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/211747

via zarq.

Basically, Japanese women are getting curvier due to a westernized diet. This is neither here nor there, but as someone who has worn and made (by hand) kimono over the years, and worn special pads at my waist in order to have the appropriately cyndrilical look, a part of me is sad and wonders what will happen to the traditional wearing of kimono if it's no longer appropriate to Japanese bodies and a growing sense of showing curves.

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[redstapler.livejournal.com]

I find this exceptionally good news.

Now, in a couple more seasons, I can order pants from Japan and be sure they'll fit my ass as well as my inseam. YAY!

[zarq.livejournal.com]

Well, kimonos have never been one-size-fits all, and one has never needed to be a size zero to wear one. Up until now, a kimono worn by a fuller-figured woman was simply tailored or folded and draped in such a way so that the woman inside would not appear curvy.

Of course, the traditional kimono isn't worn very often nowadays, except by the elderly. The younger generations tend to prefer more modern clothing.

[steelehearts.livejournal.com]

interestingly, in india, women are trying for the slim, the-less-curves-the-better look. practically impossible to achieve, because the traditional indian female figure is quite curvy, as well as broader at the hips than her western cunterpart, and i should think her eastern counterpart as well. in the process, they ae getting bulimic.