Re:ADY B

Lookbook

37 photographs

Models wear clothes, bags and accessories remade from kimono and obi that were unpicked and sewn anew. The photographs show pieces we have made before. Every obi and kimono is different, so the piece you receive will not have the same pattern as the photograph.

Street & room

Shopping streets, brick walls and a room

Photographs taken indoors, in shopping streets and against red brick. They show a black dress with kimono-fabric frills, the MIKOSHI Bag and HANA-WARABE earrings, among other pieces.

01Kimono-fabric frills sit at the shoulder and waist of a black dress. Both hands spread the navy tulle.
02When she stands, the tulle of the same dress reaches the floor.
03Held at the hip in one hand: a MIKOSHI Bag in black obi with flowers in many colours.
04The shoulder frills layer floral, striped and plain kimono fabrics.
05HANA-WARABE earrings. A black tassel hangs below the metal fitting.
06Seated, with the MIKOSHI Bag resting on her lap.
07Glancing back, she carries the bag by its engraved handle.
08The MIKOSHI Bag rests on her knees, fingertips hooked over the handle.
09HANA-WARABE earrings, a cherry-pink tassel hanging from a gold arabesque fitting.
10A bag held in the crook of the arm. Foil runs through the obi, and the handle is engraved.
11In a shopping street, a blue and ivory obi-fabric bag hangs from the shoulder. Kimono fabric from the dress shows at the hem.
12The bag: plain blue above, ivory obi with gold flowers below. The dress is blue, pieced with kimono fabric.
13At a crossing, a clutch in vermilion and black obi goes with a blue dress pieced with kimono fabric.
14On the clutch, silver and gold flowers on white meet diagonal bands of vermilion, black and gold.
15Both hands hold a MIKOSHI Bag in ivory and gold obi.
16Now in one hand, the engraved handle turned toward the camera.
17The frame stops just above the knee, with red brick behind.
18The camera pulls back to show the full figure by the wall, down to the feet.
19Body turned at an angle, the bag carried in one hand.
20Two hands grip the handle. Wavy lines run through the ground weave above, with gold flowers below.
21HANA-WARABE earrings made from a loop of red and ivory braided cord.
22A navy jacket with red lines meets a MIKOSHI Bag in ivory obi with flowers.
23The same pairing, framed down to the feet.
24Some HANA-WARABE earrings end in a flat ivory strip.
25Both hands slipped into the jacket pockets.

See how the MIKOSHI Bag is made, and its prices

On location

Scrap wood and a white room

A long-hemmed skirt of layered kimono fabrics, photographed by a concrete wall and a heap of scrap wood. The last two show a blue dress in a room hung with white curtains.

26By a concrete wall: a skirt of many layered kimono fabrics, its hem trailing long.
27In front of a heap of scrap wood, the hem spreads across the ground.
28In a room with white curtains, she carries a clutch with a blue dress painted with white flowering branches.
29A clutch of gold woven fabric beside the painted branches of the dress.

By the window

Navy in the window light

A jacket made from a patterned navy kimono, with a matching skirt. Worn with bags of obi fabric and photographed in a room with board walls and a wooden floor.

30The KIMONO SUIT jacket is double-breasted, with gold buttons.
31The matching skirt falls below the knee.
32The front panels and gold buttons, up close.
33An OBI Bag cut from red obi with white roses.
34On a wire-backed high stool by the window, she holds an obi clutch at her waist, hand through the handle.
35The same stool, closer on the upper body. The clutch is black, vermilion and gold obi.
36A hand closes around the clutch handle.
37The neckline opens in a deep V, and an obi clutch shows at her lap.

See the KIMONO SUIT jacket, tailored to order

Every piece below is one of a kind. Each is cut from a vintage kimono or obi that was destined to be discarded, then rebuilt by hand.

Kimono and obi are woven so that the pattern flows across the whole cloth. Where we cut decides what the finished piece looks like — which is why no two bags, jackets or accessories from Re:ADY B are ever the same. The gallery is a record of those individual decisions.

The work is divided between the people who do it best. Sewing is carried out with Type B employment support facilities in Hiroshima, where craftspeople with disabilities work at their own pace. Metal fittings come from Hiroshima Buddhist altar engraving, a traditional craft applied here to handbag hardware. Beads are TOHO BEADS. Nothing is mass-produced.

What you will find in this gallery

  • Bags — obi bags that keep the full width of the sash so the pattern is never cut through, and the MIKOSHI Series with its polishable brass handle.
  • Jackets, suits and dresses — kimono cloth tailored for daily and professional wear.
  • Accessories — card cases, straps, earrings and necklaces made from the smaller offcuts, so that as little as possible is wasted.
  • KIMONO ART and pop-up shops — exhibitions and events where the pieces are shown in person.

In 2026 our MIKOSHI Bag received the Gold Winner award at the London Design Awards in the Fashion Design category — the first Japanese company to do so.

Ordering a piece you see here

Some pieces shown are already sold or held for exhibition. We can make something similar to order from our own stock of kimono and obi, or from cloth you send us. Made-to-order production takes approximately 12 weeks.

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OBI Bag — Past pieces

Every bag is cut from a different obi, so no two are alike. Below is a record of pieces we have made. Many have already found their owner.

Available pieces are sold by color family. Choose a color and we will select one one-of-a-kind piece for you.

OBI Bag Natural — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Natural
OBI Bag Sakura — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Sakura
OBI Bag Scarlet — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Scarlet
OBI Bag Amber — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Amber
OBI Bag Natural — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Natural
OBI Bag Sumi — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Sumi
OBI Bag Natural — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Natural
OBI Bag Amber — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Amber
OBI Bag Amber — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Amber
OBI Bag Natural — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Natural
OBI Bag Dayflower — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Dayflower
OBI Bag Dayflower — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Dayflower
OBI Bag Amber — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Amber
OBI Bag Scarlet — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Scarlet
OBI Bag Dayflower — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Dayflower
OBI Bag Dayflower — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Dayflower
OBI Bag Amber — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Amber
OBI Bag Dayflower — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Dayflower
OBI Bag Sumi — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Sumi
OBI Bag Scarlet — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Scarlet
OBI Bag Amber — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Amber
OBI Bag Dayflower — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Dayflower
OBI Bag Natural — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Natural
OBI Bag Amber — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Amber
OBI Bag Wisteria — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Wisteria
OBI Bag Natural — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Natural
OBI Bag Sakura — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Sakura
OBI Bag Dayflower — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Dayflower
OBI Bag Sumi — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Sumi
OBI Bag Scarlet — one-of-a-kind clutch bag upcycled from an obi
Scarlet
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