In recent years, furisode is often worn by young unmarried women as a type of formal dress, since furisode are now seen as equally formal and appropriate as black or colored formal susomoyo (kimono with a pattern on the skirt) and homongi (a kind of semi-formal kimono for women).
現在では未婚の女性が、裾模様の黒留袖や色留袖、訪問着に相当する格式の礼装として着ることが多い。