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Oriental Romanticism.

    Traditional oriental style is still one of the most inspired styles for fashion industry, however, most of designs only shows apparent elements from these recent 300 years such as Qing cheongsam or Edo Kimono style. But actually the most poetic and romantic eras in…

Hokusai’s "The Great Wave".

As I said , “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” is one of my favorite art works from Hokusai.  Of course it is cool to wear the great wave outfit during summer as well. Dress by COS Kimono by WingFree Illustration by Nancy.Z Photography by Dean.B

Snow Crane-3

   Most of Cranes are settled in Asia, Africa and Australia. Especially Asian cranes are the well known kind, I do think it is because of the successful presentations from Asian traditions.  Pine and Crane are two classic icons of immortal life, that is also why…

Snow Crane-2

   As I mentioned the last time, crane means a kind of eternal life in ancient cultures of East Asia. As a kind of oriental mystical fairy bird which has thousands of years life, ancient people usually believe that the fairy will ride them fly…

Snow Crane.

  Once upon a time, there was a young man who saved an injured crane in the snowy forest. Afterwards one day a lady in white visited the young man’s family and said she would love to marry him. She  literally could do anything for his family…