Sunday 27 November 2011

Kimono programme

Hi Laura,
that is an amazing coincidence, I'm so glad you heard it, very informative. The subject is complex and mysterious, a lot to get my poor head around. £10,000 for a child's kimono is also rather for surprising, an adult's at £70,000 must be prohibitive, no wonder the art of wearing a kimono is disappearing.

Marie

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  1. Hi Marie, I've just listened to it too, and was amazed at the price for them, but also how little the weavers themselves got (the producer gets 5 times less than the distributor). It takes these folk 3 months continuous weaving to make 12 metres of fabric! Still, its absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much for the link, Laura

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  2. Yes I heard that - fascinating but jaw-dropping!

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