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About us
Colour in Memory was founded from our desire to provide a way to feel closer to Japanese culture through kimono and photography, captured within the beautiful scenery that Vancouver provides. We strive to take pictures that help you remember your moments in beautiful Vancouver—pictures that make you feel even closer to your family as time goes by.
About the Kimono Stylist - Mami Kuboki
Majored in clothing design and patternmaking at Sugino Women's University in Tokyo, and worked as the first patternmaker at Jun Ashida Studio and haute couture makers. Mami also launched an apparel brand for young people in Canada. She is also well versed in a wide range of artistic fields, including kimono, painting, music, tea ceremony (Urasenke), and flower arrangement (Sogetsu).
While assisting the former director of Todaiji Temple in Nara, Elder Tsutsui, Mami was exposed to an environment in which kimono took root in daily life, and relearned the basics of kimono dressing, kimono history, and kimono hair arrangement in her hometown of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. At the same time, she collected kimonos from all over Japan and moved to Canada, where Mami has been working as a kimono stylist ever since.
