"Kimono Hiro in NY" students volunteered to dress samurais in New York City

June 6, 2010 - PRLog -- 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States and its enthusiastic reception in New York City on June 16, 1860.

On June 6th,  2010, Japan Day, New York’s largest Japanese summer festival,  was held at Central Park in New York City. On the event, Samurai Parade was demonstrated by more than 100 casts for the cerebration of the 150th anniversary. All the casts wore kimono and made a parade at Central Park in Samurai styles.

Mode & Classic LLC / Kimono Hiro in NY proudly supported this parade. Hiromi Asai, CEO of Mode & Classic LLC, instructed to dress samurais in old kimono styles.
Many students of our kimono class volunteered to dress 50 samurais. Samurais got applause from many New Yorkers.

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We create various fashion arts using Japanese fabrics and kimonos. We rent various kinds of kimono from huge collections. A wardrobe stylist Hiromi Asai (CEO of this company), provides fashion styling service featuring kimono on various occasions (ads, films, magazines). We also provide kimono lessons in New York City.

We believe that kimono will be recognized as a universal formal wear that is beyond cultural and ethnic boundaries. We would like to contribute ourselves to the development of such movement, starting from New York City.