抄録
The beauty and the aesthetic appeal lie in to an important extent how clothes drape on a person. One reason why foreign clothes drape differently is that we can say that clothes drape in three dimensions. This has been studied by many investigators by different kinds of instruments.
In Kimono (Japanese clothing) there is not much draping and we can say it has two dimensions. In the two dimensional type of Kimono, the draping is produced with the sagging and the rounded effect along, for example, the bottom seams of the sleeve (tamoto) and the hem of the skirt (suso).
After experimenting, the author found out that the sagging at the hem and sleeve end was due to the gradual sagging of the woof thread itself.
In order to make the Kimono look flat and finished and not show any sagging lines, the correction is made in the making, the art of sewing, and by ironing the seam.
