Archive for December, 2007
Electra Buys A Kimono (set)
Thursday, December 20th, 2007This is Takeuchi Kimono and Obi. Its a store I recently discovered. I walked past their uritsukushi display (seen here to the left) and was blown away by kimono and obi and obi linings and tabi and obi-tying rope and etc. etc. etc. But I was too timid about being unknowledgeable to go [...]
I got to wear kimono!
Saturday, December 1st, 2007So, back on November 10th, I got dressed in kimono by our friend Sagara-sensei. It was really awesome! There are way more parts involved than I thought. It makes me want to get a real one, but it also is a daunting thought because there are 3 layers of clothing, 4 layers of waist-wrapping, [...]