Kimono Fashion Show "Wheel of Life" in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - May 2, 2015 - PRLog -- US-based kimono fashion designer / stylist, Hiromi Asai, and flower arrangement expert, Mieko Kubota, present a special kimono fashion show entitled "Wheel of Life", focusing on kimonos for the Japanese children’s festival as well as kimonos for all ages. This fashion show is held at Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale, FL on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 2 pm. Admission of the museum is $14 for adults and $12 for children (2-12).

Kimono is a Japanese sophisticated garment with a long history, over one thousand years. On this kimono show, Hiromi Asai produces 17 various kimono ensembles of all ages ranging in age from 3 to 78. First, Hiromi Asai focuses on outfits inspired by the Japanese children’s festival “Shichi-Go-San” (Seven-Five-Three). “Shichi-Go-San” is a traditional rite of passage and festival for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys to cerebrates the growth and well-being of young children. Traditionally, children, who were required to shave heads until three, were allowed to grow out their hair at three. Five-year-old boys could wear Hakama to become Samurai style, while seven-year-old girls could replace the simple cords that they used to tie their kimono with the traditional obi sash to become lady style. “Shich-Go-San” represents these traditional ceremonies. Then, Hiromi Asai demonstrates the outfit for a bride, which inherits the tradition of Samurai family with a dagger. Further, Hiromi Asai reproduces the outfit of the “Miyamairi” ceremony, a traditional rite of passage for newborns, on which newborns are wrapped with attires that were presented by grand-mothers. According to the kimono ensembles of all ages in this order, which leave the impression of circulation of life, this show is titled “Wheel of Life”. Mieko Kubota decorates the stage with beautiful flowers and grace the outfits in tribute to Mother’s day.

Hiromi Asai, an owner of Kimono Hiro in FL & NY, works as a wardrobe stylist for fashion magazines, including Vogue, i-D Magazine, and Exhibition Magazine, the anniversary event of Shiseido America, and ads of Verizon Wireless. Hiromi Asai collaborated with designers to produce Western-Eastern fusion styles at New York Fashion Week. Furthermore, Hiromi Asai successfully produced a series of kimono fashion shows at Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and The Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg, Sweden, and in New York, as well as in Miami Beach this March. Hiromi Asai creates various styles from traditional to modern fusion, featuring kimono. Hiromi Asai always thinks that kimono will be recognized as a universal formal wear that is beyond cultural and ethnic boundaries.

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[Details of the event]

Kimono Fashion Show "Wheel of Life"

on the Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration

* Date and Time

May 10, Sunday, 2015

2 pm

* Location

Museum of Discovery and Science

401 SW 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

* Admission fee

$14 for Adults

$12 for Children (2-12)

Free for Children (1 & under)

* Contact

Kimono Hiro in FL / MODE & CLASSIC: info@kimonoflorida.com, 305-814-7577

Museum of Discovery and Science: 954-467-6637

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[About Hiromi Asai and MODE & CLASSIC]

Hiromi Asai (http://www.kimonoflorida.com/portfolio.html) is a US-based kimono stylist and designer. She started her styling business as Kimono Hiro in NY in 2008. She developed to MODE & CLASSIC LLC in 2010. MODE & CLASSIC is now recognized as a unique kimono styling / design company in the United States.

Her activity attracts attention in the United States, as the interview appeared in The New York Times ("Wrestling the silk" in April, 2009) and the opinion about kimono fashion was published in The New York Times ("Liberate the kimono" in March, 2011).

Hiromi Asai and MODE & CLASSIC created various fashion & art pieces featuring kimono for advertisements (Verizon Wireless in 2009), fashion magazines, films and TV programs. Hiromi Asai and Mode & Classic also gave kimono demonstrations and talks across the States. Hiromi Asai collaborated with a designer, Susan Cianciolo to produce fantastic styles at New York Fashion Week in 2011. The collaboration in the art field was accomplished with a visual artist, Laurie Simmons, to create a film: Geisha Song and a series of photos: The Love Doll. In addition, Hiromi Asai and Mode & Classic successfully produced a series of kimono fashion shows at Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and The Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2011. Furthermore, Hiromi Asai presented seasonal fashion collection featuring kimonos, as "FUSION" for Spring/Summer 2012 at BK Fashion Weekend.

Hiromi Asai opened a new studio "Kimono Hiro in FL" in South Florida in 2013. Hiromi Asai successfully produced a kimono fashion show “Emerging from Pupa” in Miami Beach in March, 2015. Hiromi Asai offers various services related to kimono and Japanese fashion in New York as well as in Florida.

Kimono Hiro in FL: http://www.kimonoflorida.com

Kimono Hiro in NY: http://www.kimonohiro.com