An heirloom is defined as a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations. It could be a set of silverware passed down from your great grandparents, or a favorite book of your father’s that he gifted to your child. Heirlooms are the stories that connect us to the past and the future from the present moment. Your family’s history and heritage is important, and your heirlooms are the physical reminders of the way your family has evolved over generations.
Your own personal life is a continuous evolution too. There are seasons to your life, as well as eras. There are moments, big and small, that make up your personal story. And so you have personal heirlooms too. You have tangible things — the gifts, the trinkets, the big purchases, the found items — from your own life that represent the changes you have personally gone through from era to era, and season to season. Your kimono robe is one of those things. When co-founders and sisters Renee and Tiffany Tam founded their brand, they knew each kimono style would be a symbol of their own family’s heritage as well as an heirloom for your life. It’s a garment that can be worn in so many different life moments — from the epic ones to the everyday ones. So in today’s journal, we’re sharing the timeline of your kimono robe, and showing you how it becomes an heirloom of your life experiences each and every time you slip into it.
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Your Kimono Style Displays Your Self-Expression
When you find the perfect kimono style for you, you’re not just slipping into a charmeuse or silk robe, you’re slipping into your most powerful, most beautiful, most confident identity. You’re embracing your ideas, your personality, and your expressive style through each and every piece. You know how to make a kimono robe feel like you — whether you end up pairing it with jeans to run your everyday errands in a little extra luxury, or you slip it over a little black dress as a lightweight layer for date night, you find endless ways to express yourself with just one versatile kimono style.
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Big Moments with Long Bridal Robes or Kimono Styles
Your biggest life moments deserve the highest quality luxury and craftsmanship. When you celebrate those big moments, every part of them becomes intentional and meaningful. If you’re getting married, a long bridal robe can add extra symbolism to your big day and make you feel like a queen wrapped in silk. If you’re celebrating a big promotion, a new job, or an exciting move, your silk robe can make you feel like you’re marking the moment. It creates gorgeous photos to keep your memories forever, and each time you slip into your favorite kimono style, you remember the most important days of your life.
Easily Traveling with Your Silk Robe
Your heirloom becomes a travel keepsake for your most memorable vacations, too! When you take your favorite travel companion with you (your silk robe), you create indelible memories of exploring new places and going on adventures. We discover so much about ourselves when we travel, and your silk robe is a reminder of how travel has always made you grow. Whether your travel kimono style is to lounge by the pool in a kimono cover up, or it’s making your kimono robe into a kimono dress with a belt and pair of heels, your silk robe is your most versatile travel-worthy piece in your luggage.
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How to Make a Kimono into Self Care You Can Wear
Being there for others — your children, your parents, your friends, your partner, your community — is an integral part of your life. No matter who your closest are, you are no doubt caring for someone, even if that’s yourself! Your charmeuse or silk robe is self care you can wear. It wraps you up in those moments when you could use some extra TLC yourself. Whether you’re caring for others or needing to bring more caring to your own experience of your everyday life, your kimono style is one way to remind yourself of how important you are in the story of your life.
Your Silk Robe Becomes an Everyday Celebration
The small moments are just as important, if not more important, than the big moments. It’s in those small, mundane, everyday moments when your life is really lived. They’re the moments that connect you from the past to the future, and those small moments make up most of our lives. So when you are wondering how to make a kimono robe part of your everyday life, look no further than your morning and evening routines. You don’t have to have some special place to be, or have some special moment to celebrate, waking up at the beginning of the day and winding down at the end of it are enough. Take stock of the day ahead or the day behind you and use your kimono style as a reminder to be intentional about how you reflect on it. Be kind to yourself, celebrate the small wins, and reconnect with your joy. These everyday moments turn into your life.
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How to Make a Kimono Robe into an Heirloom
Perhaps one of the most beautiful ways to allow your charmeuse and silk robe to become an heirloom is to gift it to someone else. Whether you gift your personal kimono style or gift a matching silk robe, the gift of a kimono style becomes a bond between you and your gift recipient. It’s a piece of luxurious self care that becomes a shorthand between you two. And any time you give the gift of a kimono robe to someone else, you weave them into your life story and weave yourself into theirs. Passing along a kimono robe to someone else keeps the story going.
No matter how you make a kimono robe into an heirloom, the common denominator is you! It’s your story and your life. So it won’t just be your kimono style that you’re wearing, it’ll be the story of your life that you feel every time you slip into it.
