kanzashi Brooch
May 13th, 2007
Design: Amy Kwong
Manufacturer: Smitten Kitten
Date: 2007
Toronto’s Amy Kwong of Smitten Kitten has adapted the traditional Japanese kanzashi hair piece (typically worn by geisha) into a brooch. Kwong learned the kanzashi technique from her mother and for the past three years has been handmaking these one-of-a-kind floral brooches from vintage silk scarves.
-Kelly Gadzala
Entry Filed under: Fashion
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1. JDante | December 28th, 2007 at 12:33
I have seem people collecting these hair ornaments and I know that in Japan Geishas wear them to indicate
there status. I believe this accessory together with hair booches and fashion pins are coming back into
the fashion trend.
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