extensively researched kimono by reading books and visited kimono fabric shops where she asked question after question. “Kimono was my teacher,” she said. “I studied Japanese to learn about ...

The Tabata specialty is leveraging different shades of indigo.

Meanwhile, kimono is made by cutting a roll of fabric 37 cm wide and about 13 meters long into pieces. "They are different in size, but the kimono and sari are made from one piece of cloth.