Himeji Kimono

Firstly, I forgot to pack up my makeup, so all my pictures in this post has washed up face =)). Secondly, as the titled implied, I watched Transformers 4: Age of Extinction with running time 165 minutes which caused a really aching back pain since I wore a hard makura ToT. Lesson taken, I should get a soft makura for my taiko in long running movies. Thirdly, I had a habit of taking kitsuke pictures after I had the whole event for the day, so we should expected a disheveled ensemble and dim pictures due to inadequate lighting (:hammer:). Plus I was already sleepy actually. Rundown: Kimono; white cotton kimono with colourful flowers and bees motif Obi; hiraki nagoya obi with abstract motif (I think it has leaves and geometric pattern) Juban with red haneri with white polkadot Obiage; red shawl Obijime; white with black border (woven) Socks; white tabi Footwear; I forgot but I think it was my black maryjane shoes I wasn't too sure about the weather, but I...

We hogged the entry. Oh well it wasn't any guests anyway. Not yet.  Cunil is one of my close friend. Cunil is an abbreviaton for Cute Nila (her self proclaimed abbreviation name :P). She was going to have a wedding reception in Solo and I thought I would dress myself in kimono. I received the invitation via text message and the team was ensembled. My newest buy was a ro purple komon, which actually wasn't proper enough for wedding reception but I made it fancier pairing it with white woven peony nagoya obi. The kimono actually is rather short for me, so I opted out wearing a pair of zouri and instead chose my trusty heels. It was all purpose heels with white main colours and black heels. I found out that we went to Solo from Jogja with two cars. One day before the reception, Elichan, Sansan, Noichan and Yayas had been there in Solo. I went to Solo with Asih and her husband, Edi (I hitchhiked their car). I woke up really early and dressed as fast as I can. I needed to walk int...