Editing Kimono (section)

====Lined and unlined kimono====
In the summer months (from June<ref name="june kimono lady">{{cite web |title=Kimono Seasonal Flowers, Motifs, and More: June |url=http://thekimonolady.blogspot.com/2012/12/kimono-seasonal-flowers-motifs-and-more.html?m=1 |date=16 October 2012 |website=thekimonolady.blogspot.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220105221053/http://thekimonolady.blogspot.com/2012/12/kimono-seasonal-flowers-motifs-and-more.html?m=1 |archive-date=5 January 2022}} (Translated from the original Japanese: {{cite web |script-title=ja:茶席 の きもの を 学ぶ: 季節 ごと の 装い |trans-title=Learning Kimono for Tea Ceremony: Dressing for each season |url=http://wabiji.web.fc2.com/learn/1.htm |access-date=26 August 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727010759/http://wabiji.web.fc2.com/learn/1.htm |archive-date=27 July 2008 |language=ja}})</ref> until October<ref name="august-february kimono lady"/> in the most stringent kimono guides, such as those for tea ceremony), kimono are unlined ({{transliteration|ja|hitoe}}); for the rest of the year, they are lined ({{transliteration|ja|awase}}). This applies to all types of kimono, with a few caveats: the very informal {{transliteration|ja|yukata}} is always unlined, and thus only worn in summer; the most formal kimono, in contrast, are unlikely to be worn unlined in summer, as many people simply do not have more than one formal kimono to wear, and do not wear formal kimono often enough to warrant the purchase of a new, unlined kimono, just for summer wear. {{transliteration|ja|Obi}} also change fabric type in the summer months.

Within the two realms of lined and unlined, further distinctions exist for different months. Lined kimono are either made from transparent or gauze fabrics ({{transliteration|ja|usu-mono}}) or opaque fabrics, with kimono transitioning towards gauze fabrics at the height of summer and away from them as autumn begins. In one kimono guide for tea ceremony, at the start of the unlined season in June, fabrics such as {{transliteration|ja|kawari-chirimen}} (a type of silk crêpe noted as a more "wrinkle-resistant" form of {{transliteration|ja|hitokoshi-chirimen}}) and {{transliteration|ja|komayori ro}} (a thicker type of {{transliteration|ja|ro}} with twisted silk threads) are recommended for wear.<ref name="june kimono lady"/> Following the beginning of the [[rainy season]] in some time in July, fabrics switch over to gauzier varieties, and highly-prized hemp fabrics such as {{transliteration|ja|[[Echigo-jofu]]}} are worn.<ref name="july kimono lady">{{cite web |url=http://thekimonolady.blogspot.com/2013/01/kimono-seasonal-flowers-motifs-and.html?m=1 |title=Kimono Seasonal Flowers, Motifs, and Colors: July |date=19 January 2013 |access-date=26 August 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220105221611/http://thekimonolady.blogspot.com/2013/01/kimono-seasonal-flowers-motifs-and.html?m=1 |archive-date=5 January 2022}} (Translated from the original Japanese: {{cite web |script-title=ja:茶席 の きもの を 学ぶ: 季節 ごと の 装い |trans-title=Learning Kimono for Tea Ceremony: Dressing for each season |url=http://wabiji.web.fc2.com/learn/1.htm |access-date=26 August 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727010759/http://wabiji.web.fc2.com/learn/1.htm |archive-date=27 July 2008 |language=ja}})</ref> Continuing into August, hemp, {{transliteration|ja|ro}} and {{transliteration|ja|[[Leno weave#Karamiori|sha]]}} continue to be worn; in September, they are still worn, but fabrics such as {{transliteration|ja|hitokoshi chirimen}}, worn in June, become suitable again, and opaque fabrics become preferred over sheer, though sheer may still be worn if the weather is hot.<ref name="august-february kimono lady"/>

In the same kimono guide, the first lined kimono are worn in October, and the transition away from plainer opaque fabrics to richer silks such as {{transliteration|ja|rinzu}} is immediate. The richness of fabrics increases going into November and December, with figured silks featuring woven patterns appropriate. Coming into January, crêpe fabrics with a rougher texture become appropriate, with fabrics such as {{transliteration|ja|[[tsumugi]]}} worn in February.<ref name="august-february kimono lady"/> Figured silks continue to be worn until June, when the unlined season begins again. In Japan, this process of changing clothes is referred to as ''[[Seasonal Wardrobe Change in Japan|koromogae]]''.