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Recent Examples of obiKid-sized yukata, obi belts and slippers are provided, which are not only practical but are likely to make for great family photos.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026 For the collection, Dimorestudio’s Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci translated 20,000 obi patterns into modern fabrics.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
20 Jan. 2026 Rose Byrne also styled her white lace dress with a thick brown leather obi belt in Paris.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025 Now, with two years under its obi, Lin is ready to celebrate Orlando-style with a series of chef collaborations this week.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 July 2024 Peter Pennoyer and Katie Ridder experimented with colors and patterns in this Manhattan triplex, starting with the bed frame in the primary bedroom, which mixes Holland & Sherry textiles with vintage Japanese obi.—
Kelsey Mulvey,
ELLE Decor,
6 Dec. 2022 At Van Cleef & Arpels, some of these were modeled on inro, the small boxes of wood, leather, metal, ivory or paper that Japanese men hung from their obi (kimonos have no pockets) to carry tobacco or medicinal herbs.—New York Times,
11 Feb. 2021 Japanese men traditionally used an inrō, a basket worn suspended from an obi or sash, to carry small items including medicine.—
Peter Saenger,
WSJ,
13 Nov. 2020 Kimonos are worn with the left side wrapped over the right and secured with an obi, or sash, around the waist.—The Economist,
2 Mar. 2020
Tracks may start with classy piano, but subtlety is almost never the end product; the group wields sidechains like a bandolier, extracting the maximum possible velocity in every kick while retaining the gooey melodic centre.
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Nathan Evans,
Pitchfork,
12 May 2026
On an unseasonably warm February morning, Principal Condra Allred walked the hallways of Cleveland Elementary School's 76-year-old building wearing a pink fanny pack slung over one shoulder like a bandolier.
But whereas weaker seasons have relied on this feeding loop to the point of exhaustion, overemphasizing one side or the other, this time, new challenges keep emerging, giving personality quirks new angles through which to be reflected.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2026
Solar prominences One of the most surprising aspects of witnessing a total solar eclipse is a view of prominences during totality, bright pink spikes or loops that appear around the moon's silhouette.
Violet Spurgeon wears a yellow dress, a rainbow sash, a tiara and a pair of boxing gloves with her name printed across them.
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Alula Alderson,
Sacbee.com,
31 July 2026
The silhouette of this design, created by Victor Edelstein—one of her favorite designers—flattered her figure thanks to the black sash that accentuated her waist and the dress’s strong shoulders.
Saturday produced zero title changes across six matches, so Corbin's win was the first belt to move all weekend.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2026
Asteroid mining is also mentioned as a potential opportunity, which would entail extracting metals and other critical resources from near-Earth and main-belt asteroids.