Uproar in Japan Over Valentino's Kimono-Belt 'Trampling' Ad Featuring Takuya Kimura's Daughter

AsiaOne ^ | APRIL 02, 2021 | Julian Ryall

[nickcarraway]

[martin_fierro]

Would someone please get that wan little thing a cheeseburger?

[Candor7]

To understand the conservative uproar over Kiko's trampling of an obi, one must escape ignorance by truly understanding what an obi represents.

It is a belt worn with traditional clothing., Both men and women wear them because they literally hod together the traditional clothing of kimono.

But even more importantly one must understand that the traditional exercise of "manners" or reido invests all of Japanese interaction, even in private , intimate sexual matters.

The obi used in traditional Japanese wedding ceremony has a very important spiritual meaning, a tie that binds both virginity and passion within the brocade wedding dress of a Japanese women. The Obi being undoing by a bride for her groom is a sacred symbol of a woman offering her body to a man for the first time, in innocence , and purity.

So if you see someone trampling an obi, it is a profound cultural insult to both men and women and the mannerly way, likely a mistake by a professional Western photographer.It would be far worse than the reverse cultural faux pas often made by Japanese box stores, of putting life size Santa dolls onto crucifixes for Christmas window displays.

Women's Obis are truly magically wonderful displays of color and weaving as well, often using gold thread.They will always be deeply connected to the idea of offering one's body whether for marriage or traditional seppeku.

Uchikake formal wedding over robe

Geisha Obi over Uchikake, seductively half tied:

Perhaps we can understand the Kiko faux pas a little better.

[sit-rep]

in this day and age, i’d prefer that “wan” little thing 10 times over before I choose the fat asses we see more of...

[sit-rep]

well it is good to see how a culture defends and tries to maintain it’s roots. There is a place I know of who used to have certain guidlines of ethics and morality... but that is all disappearing without any push back at all...

[TalBlack]

New fashion? The white dress is 1968. The jacket and jeans are, maybe 1990. These “designer’s” have an easy job.

[Eagles6]

I doubt that it was a mistake.

[Cecily]

I would rather wear the beautiful kimonos than that plain white dress.

[mewzilla]

It wasn’t.

Now let’s see if the Japanese take the attack on their tradition seriously.

[katana]

Having her naked and soaping up inside an o-furo (Japanese Bath) would be more Italian advertising style.

[Candor7]

I doubt that it was a mistake.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Maybe you’re right.

The left internationally thinks it can dehumanize all traditions.

The Japanese have very sharp instruments to apply to such Gaijin.

[BobL]

There’s a lot of anger towards Japan these days because they refuse to be a ‘team player’ with regard the world (such as allowing their culture to be destroyed by 3rd World refugees), so stunts like this are some of the responses.

[sushiman]

” in this day and age, i’d prefer that “wan” little thing 10 times over before I choose the fat asses we see more of...”

Greets from Japan ! Hear hear ! I am married to one .

[sit-rep]

it all started back in the early 80’s when the black culture glamorized “Booty Girls” and since then, all the little white boys who were and are so void of self(copying just about all of the fad), and lack the ability to woo a slender attractive woman, chose the easy path to courtship. and, as well, many others were afraid to tell their partners to “Lose Weight”!! We see it almost daily, where the obese fat woman is bossing her man around like a piece of s**t and getting a yes dear in response.

Today terms like... “I like em Thick” is the biggest cop out in the history of man kind! lol...

[Steven Tyler]

Misha Janette, a Tokyo-based fashion critic and blogger, said she was shocked at the images. “As soon as I saw the pictures, I got the impression that the creative team behind the shoot just really failed to understand,” ... . “I regularly work on photo shoots and I’m constantly talking with the assistants just to make sure that what we are doing is appropriate and acceptable.”

Where do I get a job as the final decider and arbitor of what is appropriate and acceptable.
Sounds like an easy part time gig that pays a six figure ++ salary

[sushiman]

I moved to Japan in 1985 and have lived here ever since but was aware of the “ booty “ thing . Personally speaking , don’t get it .

[Cloverfarm]

Thank you for your interesting explanation.

[a fool in paradise]

Well why are there obi strips along the left side packaging of Japanese CDs, LPs, LDs. etc?

And among collectors (even on ebay) they WANT the obi strip to be there.

[a fool in paradise]

Everything old is new again.

Fashion comes around in cycles and nobody will be wearing a meat dress on the street or out to dinner and a show.

[Wuli]

The growing global mono-culture (1) ignores diversity in values of peoples, (2) wants no diversity in values of peoples, and (3) will when it can trample on diversity in values of people.