User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 545 - Blue Stripes/@comment-1268838-20130709151049/@comment-5657895-20130712042302

Knowing Shunsui, and the design and colour of the kimono, it was likely made by a woman he held dear to him. He's been loosely portrayed as a layabout and a bit of a flirt, but I do think with all the focus Kubo is giving him there's something much deeper to him and to his mannerisms.