Himeji Kimono

This time, the traveling kimono was visiting Amelia. Amelia is one of ISOTK's participants who is new to kimono and kitsuke world and terms. I believe this is the first time she jumped on the wagon full of new kimono things. She wore the kimono beautifully, albeit the hiro eri was still unfolded and the maemigoro was crossed "right over left". After receiving the pictures of her full set kitsuke, we (the managers of ISOTK's page) discussed that with Amelia and her response was somewhat really enlightening. She accepted the facts that she was done the kitsuke in wrong ways and asked us to just keep the pictures just the way they were. She didn't want us to flip the picture so the collar crossing is "left over right". She said that we should keep the pictures and put some information on how the mistakes were and it could be some point of note on how not to make the some mistakes. Anyhoo, mistakes or not, she dressed beautifully - outside and inside...

The gate of Benteng Vrenderburg. 1403 Indonesian Sisterhood of Traveling Kimono (ISOTK) Round 2 6th Stop: Sabi, Yogyakarta Wheeeee~ I squeal with joy when Mbak Sabi decided to participate in Indonesian Sisterhood of Traveling Kimono (ISOTK). I helped her with the kitsuke, decided what to wear for her and she complied without much fuss. I also helped her taking the pictures. We decided to go to Benteng Vrederburg (Fort Vrederburg). She got dressed there, added a black ribbon as an obijime and her self-made kanzashi as an obidome. Note the ribbon obijime, the organza obiage and kanzashi obidome. We took many pictures inside the fort itself and of course at the surrounding of the Fort. Then, I started to feel that someone was watching us. It was not until we took all our pictures that this security-like guy asked us to follow him to the office. They asked us what we were doing since the visitor shall pay some amount of money if it wasn't there just for casual visit in the ...

Tsukesage is a formal kimono usually worn for ceremonies, wedding parties, formal visitings, or formal blind dates. In term of western attire, tsukesage is like your fancy and nice dress for attending some gala dinner in a hotel. This tsukesage of mine is one of my dear collection and I will wear it with a heartbeat. It comes in white so I get a little bit scared to wear it near some liquids or dirty environment. The tsukesage has chrysanthemums all over and the flowers are the motif for fall. Seasonal wise, even though this kimono is for fall, I believe I will wear it in all season.

Taken this tutorial from Mamechiyo's blog. Sometimes we encounter a kimono too long so we need to adjust the ohashori in order to get a nice shape and body proportion. Put the first koshihimo This is what the kimono will look like after the first koshihimo was put. Put the second koshihimo This is what the kimono will look like after the second koshihimo was put. This is what the kimono will look like after the second koshihimo was put. Put datejime Put the obi, obiage and obikime. Smooth ohashoti