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These elaborate events required the most extravagant of garments. At the culminating banquet, a bride would wear a sequence of kimono, often in in white, red, and black with matching designs. The folded paper male and female butterflies, executed in a tie-dye technique called shibori, symbolize harmony for the newly married couple.  The pattern has been further embellished by embroidery in glossy untwisted silk and gold-wrapped threads which look very striking against the black ground. \n\nFor the Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition, staged at the V&amp;A in 2020, the kimono was mounted on a mannequin to give a sense of how the garment would have appeared when worn. Supporting undergarments were specially made by museum conservators and a wig, suggestive of contemporary hairstyles, was also created from millinery crinoline.","physicalDescription":"Outer kimono for a young woman (uchikake) of figured satin silk (<i>rinzu</i>). The <i>rinzu</i> has a self-pattern of small diapers and flowers. The design of paper gift ornaments in the shape of butterflies has been created using the kanoko shibori (tie-dyeing) technique with the ground dyed black. The kimono has then been embroidered with plum blossom in silk and couched gold-wrapped silk threads. The garment is lined with plain weave red silk which is revealed at the wadded hem. 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