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Japanese Kimono

This is probably a kimono for a man as it is far simpler in design and has darker colours than that of a woman's. The shorter length and shorter sleeves also suggest it would have been worn by a man. ...

Japanese Obi

Obi’s were originally used to hold the kimono closed and started off as a simple ribbon. Though during the seventeenth century obi’s particularly women’s started to increase in size, this new size ...

Japanese Women’s Kimono

Kimonos were adopted from China in the early fifth century and have since been greatly altered by Japanese fashion trends. The strict customs surrounding kimonos has resulted in the establishment of ...

Native American Dress

Native Americans considered making clothes a serious task and were all made by hand by the women in the tribe. Animal hides were most commonly used to make the clothes from the animals they hunted, ...

Sami Gákti Footwear

Gákti is the traditional clothing worn by the Sami in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Traditional gákti was made out of reindeer leather and sinew and shoes were made out of reindeer ...

Sami Gákti Footwear

Gákti is the traditional clothing worn by the Sami in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Traditional gákti was made out of reindeer leather and sinew and shoes were made out of reindeer ...

Three Indians, Market Hall, Audley

A troop of travelling Indians taken outside the Market Hall, Audley. The group included three genuine Indians, who are pictured here standing at the top of the steps. They were described in their advertisement ...

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