Sisterhood of the Traveling Kimono

I've been asked and accepted to join the Sisterhood of the Traveling Kimono!


A little description about the project:

One Kimono.Many Countries.Many Ensembles!
One kimono will be chosen and sent all around the world to fellow kitsuke enthusiast, who will then create an ensemble representing their personal tastes and styles.
How many ways can one kimono be worn? We'll soon see!
You can follow the travelling kimono on our Facebook Fan Page!
http://www.facebook.com/TravellingKimono

There is also a site setup for it. It will be updated as photo's and experiences start to gather.

http://www.travellingkimono.com/

Most of this going to be copy/paste from the facebook page

"While a large number of gorgeous kimono were generously offered to be the first travelling kimono, we had to narrow the field down based on specific criteria:

- The kimono had to be a komon
- The kimono had to be at least 165cm long to accommodate our taller members.

These four lovely pieces all made the initial cut and a poll will be created to choose the winning komon!"


It was a choice between these 4 lovely kimono.

After voting this beautiful blue water pattern kimono won!

For future rounds here is a tidbit if whats planned or how to get in (once available)

Also, we've had a number of people ask how they can participate. We're beyond thrilled with the enthusiasm everyone has, however, we had to make a decision to keep participant numbers for the first round at 40. 
We really would have loved to include MANY more people in the first round, however as this is the start of the project, we felt that it was best to work on the organization first to ensure it runs smoothly. This will make it easier for following rounds, allowing us to increase participation.

When the website is completed, there will be a "How To Participate" page with a form for those to fill if you are interested in joining in the future. We will be sure to post a link to the form here as soon as it's completed.
When the website is completed, there will be a "How To Participate" page with a form for those to fill if you are interested in joining in the future. We will be sure to post a link to the form here as soon as it's completed.

Mega con

Was a blast, though my feet and legs were shot for 4 days. (Hint: geta hurt when worn for 8 hours straight)

Here are some pics and a link to the costume thread in my Flickr.

Since this is a kimono blog here's me in kimono sitting. 

Dee-Dees

Rainbow Bright

Kiyoshi warrior from Avatar Last Air Bender

Batman

Final Fantasy Mage

Batgirl

Darth Maul

SNAPE

Charlie Chaplin

MEEEEEEEEEEEP

Slade

Jak

Domino

Scarlet Witch

Zombie

Skyrim Vs Dragon and thumbs up dood

ME as Raggity Anee

Zap Brannigan

Happy boxing day

Kimono dressing

I'm posting a video on kimono dressing in this post.

They have an obi clip (I don't have, I just slighlty knot the obi to make the ridge) and an extra cord I don't use either. But the do something I don't see often in vids. Adjusting the juban after it's fully done. (something I do)

Here's the video it's in english. I'm also going to provide the link to the wonderful ladies as they are from a store in Japan.

6 Minute Kimono dressing

Very helpful in seeing these tools being used and also to show that your ohashori doesn't have to be super perfect everytime. 

enjoy ^^

Halloween!

I won $10 for top costume at work!!!

1920's flapper from the graveyard. 

Obi box of doom: orange/white odori kimono

So the massively huge obi box of doom arrive from Naomi. And boy was it heavy

And from it is going to be many posts of the almost perfect pairings!

Starting with my Odori kimono that got paired with a orange and white waterwave obi

This kimono is very plasticy, polyester, obviously an  odori kimono

I love how the waves line up with the hem and obi

The back, Obi is beautiful! 

I'm so happy I won this! and my many others. Soon they will all be photographed and cleaned up and ready to be worn ^^

expect more blogimations soon

kimono choo cho train!

 I know it's been awhile since I posted anything. I do apologize. I just finished a great book called "The Bride's Kimono" requires a tad but of kimono knowledge but nothing too serious you'd miss if you don't know about ikat patterns or what an uchikake is (BTW I have a picture of mine in this post)

So I knocked out Evelyn and dressed her up with some of my new acquisitions.
First is a ro purple/yellow striped kimono, with an edo-esque hanhaba with my over coat I plan to use with my kimono.

 I forget the name of these flowers, but it's so light looking fresh and I waited 2 months before buying it. So I finally did and am so happy about it.

This kimono was also a soft freshness, but it also had this slight punk feel to it. The sayagata and asanoha patterns in the black flowers was a final touch that was needed. I teamed it with my asanoha hot pink obi.

This one is gonna be something I need to tweak to perfection. Alas, my Rebel alliance inspired kimono, with the original family crested pattern that the rebel alliance symbol came from. Accented with gold and red obi + accessories to finalize the entire mood.

This is a ko-furisode. Primarily used in graduations with hakama. I added a flat fluffy belt I saw in a JC-penny's and though 'I had to'. It's tough to see but the shoulders are pattern with shidare (dangling) sakura. Another widely used symbol for graduation. The obi is sakura and the han-eri (collar) is sakura. and the rest is a pastel pink.

My cosplay/wedding kimono (cosplay - Oren from kill bill)

The musubi I picked for it. I'm not happy with the cream color, so I have a plain white on the way, I'm trading this obi. It's patterned with pine needles on one side and plain on the other.

 Here is the uchikake over layer. The one mentioned in the book will had to have been a bright thick Red one with traditional wedding motifs. The white uchikake's came about when christianity was taking a root over there. It was fashionable and it's still being used today.

This piece is called a Hagoroma. It can be used in place of the uchikake's, however I wanted it to be an over layer to the uchikake as a decorative element. 

The back view of the wedding attire.

You may notice a pink string, it was used to hold the kimono up as my mannequin has crooked shoulders and the kimono were sliding off. So that pink cord would actually not be present on the actual wearing of the kimono. 

Thank you guys for looking. Hopefully next time I'll post more frequently