{"title":"Japanese Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne piece can set the mood; a coordinated set lets you play with the balance. Explore Japanese-inspired dresses and outfits by neckline, waist and hem, from a simple wrap shape to more graphic layered styles.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"black-formal-blouse-skirt-set-kokutan","title":"Black Formal Blouse Skirt Set 'Kokutan'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA cream blouse with a burgundy bow over a long black skirt, laced high\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack is the formal member of the laced-skirt family. The blouse is cream, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a burgundy ribbon tied at the neck. The skirt is long and black, gathered into a high waistband laced with two cream ribbons like a corset, with a scalloped hem and cream lace showing beneath. Cream, black and burgundy, the palette of a concert dress, on the cut of a street style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version of the set that goes to an evening, because black with cream lace reads as dressed wherever it is, and the burgundy bow gives it the one note of colour an evening needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kokutan, is ebony, the black wood, and the skirt is that black: deep, matte and warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt so the gathers hold. Both wash cold and hang, the skirt inside out to keep the black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, as in the photograph, or black flats for the evening. It is the set for a recital, a dinner, a night that needs a skirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is cream over a long black skirt with cream at the hem. From close the cream ribbons of the lacing draw lines on the black, the pintucks are stitched, and the lace under the scallops has its own flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a black cardigan, a cream bag and a pair of pearls if you own them. It is the laced set for the night, and the others are for the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two cream ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops so it always shows against the black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe black of the skirt is matte and warm, not blue-black, and it sits with the cream of the blouse and the lace the way a piano sits with its keys. It is the most formal of the family and the one with the widest range, from a matinee to midnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207689699676,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207689732444,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207689765212,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207689797980,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/black-formal-blouse-skirt-set-kokutan-1.jpg?v=1790580707"},{"product_id":"sage-mori-girl-skirt-set-kokeiro","title":"Sage Mori Girl Skirt Set 'Kokeiro'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA white bow blouse over a long sage skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forest-girl look of Japanese street fashion, the one built from lace, layers and colours found on a woodland floor, is what this set is. The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves gathered at the cuff, pintucks down the front and a green ribbon tied in a bow at the neck. The skirt is long and sage green, gathered into a high waistband that laces up like a corset with two ribbons, its hem scalloped, and under it a layer of cream lace that shows below the scallops. Together they are white, green and lace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the softest set in the collection and the most layered, and the lace at the hem is what makes it: without it the skirt is a skirt, with it the skirt is a petticoat and a skirt and a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kokeiro, is moss colour, the green of the forest floor the style is named for, and the skirt is that green.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt, not a trim on the hem. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt so it holds its gathers. Both wash cold and hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the ribbons tied in a bow, and white trainers, or flat shoes with a strap if the day is for that. It is the set for a walk that ends in a tea room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a white blouse over a long green skirt with cream at the hem. From close the pintucks are stitched, the lacing runs through eyelets, and the lace under the hem has its own pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a cardigan in autumn and nothing else that is trying. It is the set in the collection that looks like it was found in a good second-hand shop, and it was not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband of the skirt is wide and boned lightly at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the ribbons tie in a bow that sits over the blouse. The blouse buttons down the front behind the pintucks, and the collar lies flat over a cardigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace at the hem is cream rather than white, so it sits warm against the green rather than cutting across it, and it is cut a hand's width longer than the scallops so it always shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207689863516,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207689896284,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207689929052,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207689961820,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/sage-mori-girl-skirt-set-kokeiro-1.jpg?v=1790580677"},{"product_id":"lavender-kawaii-two-piece-usufuji","title":"Lavender Kawaii Two-Piece 'Usufuji'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe white bow blouse over a long lavender skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavender is the colour this set was drawn for. The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks down the front and a lilac ribbon tied in a bow at the neck. The skirt is long and lavender, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, its hem scalloped, with a layer of cream lace showing beneath. White above, purple below, lace at the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the sweetest of the laced-skirt sets and the one that reads most like the Harajuku street it comes from, where a lavender skirt with a lace hem is not a costume but a Tuesday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Usufuji, is pale wisteria, the lilac of the flower in May and the traditional name for this shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang, and the lavender keeps its colour out of the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck matching the ribbons at the waist, and white trainers. It is the set for a spring afternoon and a camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is white over lavender with cream at the hem. From close the pintucks are stitched, the lacing runs through eyelets, and the scallops of the hem are each a curve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with white socks, a cardigan in a paler purple, and nothing sharp. It is the set to buy for someone who has a favourite colour and it is this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blouse alone goes with everything below the waist, and the skirt alone goes with a white T-shirt and a pair of trainers on a hot day. As a set they are the look; apart they are two pieces of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons down the front behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops so it always shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavender in this cloth is a soft, slightly greyed purple, not a bright one, and it sits with the cream lace the way the flower sits with its leaves. It is the set to wear to a spring festival, or to a park that is having one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207690027356,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207690060124,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207690092892,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207690125660,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/lavender-kawaii-two-piece-usufuji-1.jpg?v=1790580680"},{"product_id":"brick-red-corset-skirt-set-taisha","title":"Brick Red Corset Skirt Set 'Taisha'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe white bow blouse over a long brick-red skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrick red gives the laced-skirt set some weight. The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a dark red ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long, in a red with brown in it, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, with a scalloped hem and cream lace showing beneath. White, red and lace, which is the palette of a folk costume from anywhere in Europe and the palette of a Japanese street on a Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version of the set for autumn, because the red is an autumn red, and the version that looks most grown-up, because it has the least sweetness in its colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Taisha, is red ochre, the earth pigment of old Japanese paint, and the skirt is that colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt so the gathers hold. Both wash cold and hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, or brown boots when the leaves come down. It is the set for a walk in October.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is white over a long red skirt with cream at the hem. From close the lacing runs through eyelets, the pintucks are stitched, and the lace under the scallops has its own flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a cream cardigan and a brown bag. It is the laced set that will be worn most, because the red goes with the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops, so it always shows against the red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe red in this cloth is a matte, earthy one, not a bright one, and in shade it goes toward brown. It is the colour of a roof tile and of the fruit on a tree in November, and it is the reason the set works in a season the others do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207690191196,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207690223964,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207690256732,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207690289500,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/brick-red-corset-skirt-set-taisha-1.jpg?v=1790580682"},{"product_id":"powder-blue-peter-pan-collar-set-mizuasagi","title":"Powder Blue Peter Pan Collar Set 'Mizuasagi'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA cream bow blouse over a long powder-blue skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowder blue and cream is the palette of a nursery and of a very good tea set, and this set wears it. The blouse is cream rather than white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a blue-grey ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long and powder blue, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons, its hem scalloped, with cream lace showing beneath. The cream of the blouse and the cream of the lace match, so the blue sits between two warm tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the coolest of the laced-skirt sets in colour and the calmest to look at, and it is the one that photographs best in daylight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Mizuasagi, is water-blue, the pale blue-green of shallow water, and the traditional name for this exact shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, as in the photograph. It is the set for a summer morning and a garden with a table in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is cream over pale blue with cream at the hem. From close the rounded collar has its curve, the lacing runs through eyelets, and the scalloped hem sits over the lace like a wave over foam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with white socks, a straw bag and nothing that raises its voice. It is the laced set for someone whose favourite word is calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blouse alone is a cream blouse with a bow, and the skirt alone is a long pale blue skirt with lace at the hem, which goes with a white T-shirt and sandals. As a set they are the look; apart they are two summer things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream, matched to the blouse, and cut longer than the scallops so it always shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blue in this cloth is soft and slightly grey, the blue of a duck egg rather than a sky, and it does not go pale in strong light the way a brighter blue would. It photographs the same at noon and at six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a pink ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, with a scalloped hem and cream lace showing beneath. White, orange, pink and lace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the warmest of the laced-skirt sets and the one with the most unexpected colour, because orange is a colour most wardrobes avoid, and on a long skirt with lace it works better than it has any right to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kakiiro, is persimmon colour, which is what the skirt is, and the name says so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang, and the orange keeps its depth out of the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, or brown shoes when the leaves match the skirt. It is the set for the month the fruit is on the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is white over a long orange skirt with cream at the hem. From close the pink bow and the orange skirt sit together the way a persimmon sits against its own leaf, and the lacing runs through eyelets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a brown cardigan, a cream bag and a walk under trees. It is the laced set to choose when every other colour has been chosen already.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops, so it always shows against the orange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe orange in this cloth is a burnt one, with brown in it, not a bright one, and it reads as a warm neutral from a distance. It is the colour the Japanese have named after the fruit for a thousand years, and the fruit is the right reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The blouse is cream, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a pink ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long and sand beige, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, with cream lace showing beneath the hem. There is almost no contrast on it, which is the point: it is the laced-skirt set for the person who wants the shape without the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most neutral of the family and the one that goes with the most things, because sand goes with everything, and lace on sand reads as texture rather than decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Zouge, is ivory, the colour of the blouse, and the warmest white there is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang, and pale colours this warm hide a day better than white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, as in the photograph, or tan sandals in summer. It is the set for a wedding you are a guest at, and for the lunch after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a pale outfit with a long skirt and lace at the hem. From close the pink bow is the one colour, the pintucks are stitched, and the lace shows its pattern against the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a brown belt if you want one and a straw hat if you have one. It is the laced set that looks most expensive, for no reason other than that it has no colour to argue with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream, a shade warmer than the skirt, and cut longer than the hem so it always shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sand of the skirt and the cream of the blouse are close enough to read as one outfit and far enough apart to read as two garments, which is the balance a neutral set needs and most miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The top is burgundy, crossed left over right with a cream collar band and wide sleeves, printed with white magnolias in bloom. The skirt is long and black, with a sheer layer over an opaque one so the hem moves, a red waistband, and two long red ribbons hanging from it down the front. Together they are burgundy, black, cream and red, the palette of a poster from that decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ribbons are the detail. They are the sash of the old school uniform, left to hang instead of tied, and they turn the skirt into something with a history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ebicha, is the old Japanese colour name for this exact burgundy, shrimp-brown, and it was the colour of the hakama the students of that era wore. The set knows its own reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magnolias are printed, not embroidered. 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The top crosses left over right in the kimono way, with a straight collar band and sleeves to below the elbow, printed with red camellias and dark leaves on white, and ties at the waist with a red cord. The skirt is short, falling to mid-thigh, box-pleated from a high waistband with a bow tied at the front, and it stands out from the hip the way a pleated skirt does when the cloth has body. Together they are the school outfit of old Japan with the hem taken up by sixty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in two skirts. Black, in the photograph, is the sharp one. Red matches the flowers and is the one for a festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Wabisuke, is a small single camellia, the modest one the tea masters preferred, and it is the small version of the set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are printed, not embroidered. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the top and firmer in the skirt so the pleats hold. 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The top is pale pink, crossed left over right in the kimono cut with long sleeves, and down each sleeve white flowers and leaves are embroidered in a running vine. The skirt is long and red, deeply pleated from a wide waistband embroidered with a white flower at the centre, with two long ties that wrap and hang at the front the way a hakama's cords do. It falls to the ankle and moves like a hakama, in panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most traditional-looking set in the collection and the most graceful in movement, because pleats this deep open and close as you walk, and red pleats do it in front of everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Suou, is the deep red of sappanwood dye, the red of court hakama a thousand years ago, and the skirt is that red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are embroidered, not printed, on the sleeves and the waistband, in white thread with a satin-stitch finish. 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It is the set that most rewards being seen from behind, when the pleats swing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband of the skirt is wide and firm, so the ties wrap over it without folding it, and the pleats are stitched down for a hand's width below the band before they open, which is how a hakama's pleats are held. The sleeves of the top are long and straight, with the embroidery running from the shoulder to the cuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XXL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The top is cut like a kimono, crossed left over right with a straight collar band and wide sleeves that stop below the elbow, printed with red camellias and dark leaves on white, and tied at the waist with a red cord. The skirt is long and full, gathered into a wide waistband that sits high with a bow tied at the front, and it falls to the ankle in the red of the flowers. Together they read as the outfit of a student in the Japan of a hundred years ago, when girls wore exactly this, a printed kimono top over a long pleated skirt, to school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in two skirts. Red is the one in the photograph, and it matches the flowers. Black is the version that makes the top look like a picture in a frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Chinka, is the camellia in its old poetic reading, the winter flower that drops whole rather than petal by petal, and the print is the flower at its reddest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are printed, not embroidered. 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This one is black, long-sleeved, with a white collar cut square at the back and to a point at the front, edged in two black stripes, a small gold button at the chest where the collar meets, and white stripes at the cuffs to match. The waist sits a little high, and the skirt flares from it to mid-calf in a soft A. The cloth is a black with the hand of a fine knit, matte and easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the uniform of every Japanese schoolgirl in every film, cut for someone who left school a while ago and would like the collar back. It is not a costume. It is a dress with a collar that means something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shiroeri, means white collar, which is what it has, and the name describes the garment rather than selling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collar and cuffs are sewn on in a contrast cloth, not printed. 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The square neck is gathered on an elastic at the bust, so it sits where you put it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eyelet is small and dense, so the dress is not sheer, but it is white, and a white dress in strong sun shows the shape beneath it as a shadow. A slip underneath for the day; nothing underneath for the evening, when the light is kinder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to L. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The dress is straight, falling from the shoulder to mid-calf without a waist, with half sleeves and a round neck, and the print covers all of it. It is a piece of porcelain cut into a dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most graphic dress in the collection and the easiest to wear, because a straight cut with no waist fits most bodies and a two-colour print goes with everything below it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sometsuke, is the Japanese word for blue-and-white porcelain, the underglaze blue on white that Arita has fired for four hundred years, and the dress is named for what it copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pattern is printed, not woven, with the indigo kept sharp on the white. The cloth is a light polyester-cotton blend with a dry hand, chosen because a print this dense needs a smooth ground and a straight dress needs cloth that falls without clinging. It washes cold and hangs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it with white trainers, as in the photograph, or sandals, and a belt if you want a waist. A cardigan in navy over it in autumn, and the print becomes a skirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a blue-and-white dress with a pattern that reads as a texture. From close the pattern separates into flowers, scrolls and feathers, all mirrored down the centre front, and the bands at the hem and cuffs show their smaller motif.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with navy, white and nothing else printed. It is the dress for someone who collects the plates and wants to wear one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe straight cut means there is no waist to fit, which is why the dress fits so many bodies; the half sleeves mean it goes into September; and the bands at the hem, cuffs and neck mean it looks finished without a belt, though it takes one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe print is mirrored down the centre front, so the two halves of the dress match like the two sides of a plate, and the motif at the hem is smaller than the motif at the chest, so the dress reads lighter at the bottom than the top, which is how a dress should read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XXL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The front wraps and crosses at the bust into a fitted band at the waist, the skirt gathers from the band and falls to the ankle, and the sleeves are full, bishop sleeves gathered into a cuff at the wrist. No print, no trim, no colour. The texture of the weave and the gathers of the skirt are the whole design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the dress in the collection that reads most like a piece of Japanese minimalism, the kind sold in shops with wooden floors, and it is the one that goes from a beach to a dinner without changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shirotae, is the white of mulberry-bark cloth in the oldest poems, the plain white of the first Japanese textiles, and the dress is that white with the sun in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a slubbed polyester-cotton blend with the look and hand of linen, chosen because a dress this plain lives on its texture and because a blend holds its shape through washing better than the linen it resembles. It washes cold and hangs, and the slubs are the pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it with the wrap crossed and a white vest underneath, as in the photograph, and white trainers, or sandals in summer. A belt over the band if you want the waist sharper. A cardigan over it when the evening comes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a long pale dress with full sleeves. From close the weave shows its slubs, the waistband shows its seams, and the gathers show their number.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut generous through the skirt and adjustable at the wrap. It is Asian sizing, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the gathers give the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wrap front adjusts to the body and to the day: crossed high with a vest underneath, as in the photograph, it is a day dress; crossed lower with nothing underneath, it is an evening. The band at the waist is fitted and the skirt gathers from it, so the dress has a waist wherever the wrap is set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sleeves are the detail. Full from the shoulder and gathered into a cuff at the wrist, they give a plain dress its one flourish, and they push up to the elbow when the day is hot, which in this dress it usually is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Unique Size","offer_id":59207989068124,"sku":"14:29#White;5:100014064","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/ecru-japanese-wrap-maxi-dress-shirotae-1.jpg?v=1790580702"}],"url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/collections\/japanese-dress.oembed","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}