Generally speaking, kinagashi is considered to be an informal and casual style, and especially it is thought that the costume in which haori is omitted shows a unique aesthetic sense which is common to iki (粋, traditional aesthetic ideal in Japan like nattiness) and tsu (通, highly cultivated person in Japan like a connoisseur), and high spirits and vulgar impressions which illustrate characteristics of the lower classes.
一般に略式のくだけた格好であると考えられており、特に羽織を略した姿は粋や通にかよう独特の美意識と下層階級的な意気のよさ、卑俗な感じを持つものであるとされる。