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The formal kimono was replaced by the more convenient Western clothes and yukata as everyday wear.
After an edict by Emperor Meiji, police, railroad men and teachers moved to Western clothes.
The Western clothes became the army and school uniform for boys.
After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, kimono wearers often became victims of robbery because they could not run very fast due to the restricting nature of the kimono on the body and geta clogs.
The Tokyo Women's & Children's Wear Manufacturers ' Association ( 東京婦人子供服組合 ) promoted Western clothes.
Between 1920 and 1930 the sailor outfit replaced the undivided hakama in school uniforms for girls.
The 1932 fire at Shirokiya's Nihonbashi store is said to have been the catalyst for the decline in kimonos as everyday wear.
Kimono-clad Japanese women did not wear panties and several women refused to jump into safety nets because they were ashamed of being seen from below.
( It is, however, suggested, that this is an urban myth.
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