# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation of Kimono in Western Fashion and Art
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Kimono is a traditional Japanese dress which has a strict dress code, layers of socio-cultural symbolism, and regulated aesthetic expressions. Since the Japonisme movement in nineteenth-century Europe, Western painters had been influenced by Ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock printing, which depicted women in kimono during the Edo period (1603-1868). Vincent Van Gogh painted a courtesan in her distinct kimono and hairstyle in his “Courtesane” (1887), and Claude Monet painted his wife in a red kimono gown in “La Japonaise” (1875). Designers, such as Paul Poiret and Jeanne Lanvin, designed clothes that were loose-fitting like kimono, and imitated its geometrical shapes. The Western fascination with kimono continues in the twenty-first century, such as Dior’s kimono-inspired couture collection, and Victoria’s Secret’s “Sexy Little Geisha” collection. With the development of social media, protests and criticisms against the use of kimono in the creative field have been loud and explicit. In my presentation, I examine where we draw a line between appreciation and appropriation, and compare and contrast different viewpoints between Japanese-Americans and native Japanese who were born and bred in Japan.  

Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation of Kimono in Western Fashion and Art
Sunday, April 27, 2025
2:00 PM–3:00 PM
Marly Room
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg FL 33701

FREE for MFA Members; Included with the cost of admission for Not-Yet Members. Registration required.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/saint-petersburg/cultural-appreciation-and-appropriation-of-kimono-in-western-fashion-and-art/200028043636016
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 32

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Saint Petersburg
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 255 Beach Dr NE, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, Florida 33701
- **lat**: 27.77439
- **long**: -82.63191
- **full address**: 255 Beach Dr NE, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, Florida 33701

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation of Kimono in Western Fashion and Art being held?
  - **A:** Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation of Kimono in Western Fashion and Art takes place on Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 pm at 255 Beach Dr NE, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, Florida 33701.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation of Kimono in Western Fashion and Art?
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- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation of Kimono in Western Fashion and Art is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Saint Petersburg, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation of Kimono in Western Fashion and Art sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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