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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
Priced at $1,450, the pumps add an almost weightless quality to the outfit, with their barely-there construction echoing the transparency of the ribbon skirt.
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Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2026
Another perfectly matching ribbon is woven throughout one of the most fantastical braids in recent memory.
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.
Not a crisis — yet The negative feedback loop becomes more dangerous when nominal economic growth falls to low levels, causing debt relative to the size of the economy to rise persistently, Reese said.
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Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
5 Oct. 2026
What knocks him for a deadly loop is a powdered, pampered piece of work called Mildred (Elizabeth Teeter).
Here, the silhouette gets a modern update with soft draping for a firmly 21st-century look—Cos’s fluid midi keeps the design sleek, while Zara's version adds a sash at the hip for a more dramatic take.
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Corinne Pierre-Louis,
Vogue,
27 Sep. 2026
Black-and-white photos show Kelly styling the dress with white gloves, a sash and diamond jewelry while wearing her hair in an updo.