Himeji Kimono

White kitsuke. And Peonies were everywhere. Kimono. Obi. Kanzashi. All endowed by peonies :D. The pictures were taken after nightfall (I think it was almost midnight) and most of my kitsuke has already disheveled :P. We had nice dinner at Frank Wurst, a German cuisine restaurant near Gramedia bookstore. I ordered broccoli and cheese, schnitzel (I hope I wrote it correctly), I forgot what I ordered for the drink. Hubby ordered mashed potato, something-wurst (gee, I didn't remember the name) and drink (again, I forgot what he ordered, sowwie). My back shot wasn't great. The sode of the kimono was longer than the juban . At first I was afraid that the juban will be peeking out it would cause some embarassing moment. But after I put the kimono and obi, I didn't worry much. Hubby helped me doing the taiko. The haneri, obiage and kanzashi were all self-made. The kanzashi actually was a synthetic flower I bought from a florist. I just think I might make a k...

What is it? Have you ever wondered about a little symmetrical tuck in kimono collar? What is the name? What is its function? I asked one of my kimono friend and she gladly explained that to me. Question:  Can I ask you something? I've been wondering this whole time. It's about the kimono construction. What is that thing in the collar of the kimono? The slip portion in one-third of the eri that is sewn inside the collar? What is the function of that part/ construction?   Answer: Hi, it is " kake-eri （掛け衿） " . Kake-eri is something like extra collar which is detachable . In old times , people were wearing kimono all days . Then , the part around neck tends to be dirty quickly . So , people detach kake-eri and wash it . It is easier than washing whole kimono ;). So the practice of keeping the kake-eri in the nowadays kimono was from the old times Furicle also explained kake-eri in its website .

So, here is a really helpful link about j apanese traditional footwear : HERE . The article is really elaborate and detail. As for my collection, I have a regular zouri, a pair with gold embroidery and four pairs are polyurethane and two pairs of ukon geta. I want to have a senryoo geta ^w^. Wearing zouri Wearing geta There's no need to wear tabi when you're wearing geta, but I just can't help not to wear socks whenever I'm wearing kimono.

This is my favourite obiage style. It looks like a small ribbon. It's cute and apparently easy to be made ^w^. Thanks to  Mamechiyo's tutorial . I almost abuse this style since everytime I wear a kimono, I will likely tie my obiage in this manner :P. Here are some of the examples. I beg your pardon for the non-well-lit pictures.