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aimeekittyMitch and I watched the old film noir peice, The Third Man. It was really good! I'm going to have to look up more films of the same.
yesterday I worked out, took doll photos (they're on my doll journal as always) ,
.......(warning, the rest of this post is fabric/kimono heavy! XD)........
..... I found a place in socal that carries kiri tansu, learned how to tie a fukuro suzume (SPARROW OBI! XD~) from the sweet ladies at Kyoei. Now we'll see if I can do it by myself :P
For seemingly no reason, the lady at Michael Levine's gave me 20% off my fabric! :)
(the red butterfly fabric is for my Yuuko hada-juban (underkimono)... the striped morning glory fabric is for a casual kimono, and the two pink fabrics are for hadajuban)... the dusty pink item is an iromuji, the white is for going over obimakura... the pink thing is an obi-tying-aid... the little basket purse (for yukata) only $7! (as were the kanzashi!)
some stuff I learned from the Kyoei ladies:
- even though, at 27, I'm considered "young" (and thus should wear brighter "young" colors) I CAN wear the plum colored iromuji that mom bought me for christmas. All I have to do, is to wear it with bright young obis (which I do like, actually!) So this will be a great combination for me. Ie, plum iromuji with a cheerful pink/silver obi!
- since I'm "younger" I shouldn't be afraid to have more bright accents, like pink, in the obiage and haneri, etc.
-you can wear fancy furisode-type obi ties (like fukuro suzume) with non-furisodes! (but they must be Houmongi or Tsukesage, NOT komon or iromuji). Also fancy furisode-type obi ties shouldn't be used for the more staid tea ceremony situations. With an iromuji, it should be o-taiko.
- for new years tea ceremony, you can wear fancier stuff than you would normally.
- it's ok for me to not have ohashori. (the fold at the waist) since I'm so tall. However, it is NOT ok for me to not wrap the obi twice around my waist. So I need to stick to longer obis.
yesterday I worked out, took doll photos (they're on my doll journal as always) ,
.......(warning, the rest of this post is fabric/kimono heavy! XD)........
..... I found a place in socal that carries kiri tansu, learned how to tie a fukuro suzume (SPARROW OBI! XD~) from the sweet ladies at Kyoei. Now we'll see if I can do it by myself :P
For seemingly no reason, the lady at Michael Levine's gave me 20% off my fabric! :)
(the red butterfly fabric is for my Yuuko hada-juban (underkimono)... the striped morning glory fabric is for a casual kimono, and the two pink fabrics are for hadajuban)... the dusty pink item is an iromuji, the white is for going over obimakura... the pink thing is an obi-tying-aid... the little basket purse (for yukata) only $7! (as were the kanzashi!)
some stuff I learned from the Kyoei ladies:
- even though, at 27, I'm considered "young" (and thus should wear brighter "young" colors) I CAN wear the plum colored iromuji that mom bought me for christmas. All I have to do, is to wear it with bright young obis (which I do like, actually!) So this will be a great combination for me. Ie, plum iromuji with a cheerful pink/silver obi!
- since I'm "younger" I shouldn't be afraid to have more bright accents, like pink, in the obiage and haneri, etc.
-you can wear fancy furisode-type obi ties (like fukuro suzume) with non-furisodes! (but they must be Houmongi or Tsukesage, NOT komon or iromuji). Also fancy furisode-type obi ties shouldn't be used for the more staid tea ceremony situations. With an iromuji, it should be o-taiko.
- for new years tea ceremony, you can wear fancier stuff than you would normally.
- it's ok for me to not have ohashori. (the fold at the waist) since I'm so tall. However, it is NOT ok for me to not wrap the obi twice around my waist. So I need to stick to longer obis.
