By the beginning of the Showa period (1926–1989),men's clothing had become largely Western, and the business suit was standard apparel for company employees.This is apparently why men’s kimono in today’s Japan require additional efforts to stay afloat (see previous artofkimono posting ) knowing that “today, kimono have become much less common a sight in Japan.” . The question “What is the Future of Traditional Japanese Dress?” has no obvious answer for Japan. But international influence of kimono tradition is huge. I would say that kimono no longer belongs to Japan even though it originated in Japan the same way as tailored jacket no longer belongs to western Europe only.
In the same way as Harajuku fashion concept embraced western concept of fashion into Japanese cultural mode, western civilization absorbed idea of kimono.
