DESIGN

Over a long span of time, numerous antique kogire fabrics have been passed down to the present as examples in pursuits of luxurious beauty unique to their various eras. These small pieces of historic fabric are like crystals of condensed beauty infused with traditional techniques and methods. Studying these pieces of fabric together with artisans in our quest to produce traditional products is somewhat like unravelling the secrets of history and culture.

Old techniques are the pinnacle of the creative endeavor, and are valuable cultural assets.
At the foundation of the GION SAITO devotion to maintaining traditional practices is our mission to recreate beauty based on history.

We take as our mission the effort to faithfully recreate traditional kimono wear in not only the pattern and color tone, but also every other aspect from materials to technique, and to even surpass the high standard of technique in our predecessors. Because we consult with specialist artisans for each of the numerous production processes necessary to manifest ideas into a finished product, from fabric matching to fabric color, pattern design, yuzen dyeing, shishu embroidery, and kinsai gold decoration, projects can take some time to complete. This is, of course, however, a simple necessity on our quest to imbue each step with the apex of quality produced by human hands.