I love the fact that I don't have to wash them! I have over 20 kimono and not one of them have been cleaned. Granted I haven't worn them much so the chances of them getting dirty is very low and whenever I wear them I am careful not to drop my dinner on them. However whenever I wear a white shirt I have to wash it after a couple of wears because of the collars.
In addition, when you wear a kimono, you always have at least two or three layers underneath which will prevent sweat from getting to your kimono.
There is a good reason why you can't wash kimono especially the silk ones. First the dyes used are not fixed so as soon as water touches it, they could run! This is not good if you have something like this!
I hate to think what this would look like if the orange ran.
And secondly, although the outer layer of the kimono maybe polyester sometimes they use silk lining! This is actually very annoying when you brought a kimono which you want to be washable.
This kimono I know is polyester but I am pretty sure the lining is silk. Oh well so long as I can't see the dirt on the outside I don't care.
Of course in saying I don't have to wash kimono does sound like I am a mucky thing (which I am not by the way!)
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