Yay! Haori.

Well today my latest purchase from e-bay came in (yippee!) Its a black Haori with a single crest and an awsome woven pattern.( the lineing is of peacock feathers)

Now i know that this is pretty formal and the all black can have some meanings... not sure if they goes for haori as well... lols but the weaving is beautiful and hey, i live in america this is a good kimono item if you want to wear it places here... cuz black goes with all!

so yea i never did get around to takeing pics of my michiyuki outfit (i will try again for pics soon) so you'll have to wait on that one.

in other news i have a friend who is into photography and foreghin cultures, a while back they said they might want to do a photo shoot thing with me. and since spring is a whiles away and we are in a terrible drought i suggested we do a kimono crash coars/ study date. they liked the idea and so we may perhapse get together very soon. XD this will be fun.

i'm done. got no more news, tis why i haven't posted in a while...

XD school

Ok today i'm heading into school with a burgandy Michiyuki coat! i'm wearing it with a shortsleave turtle neck, a black ruffly skirt, black leggings, and some cute booties... all black. And i'll be wearing a scarf around my wait, it too is black but with a rose pattern on it with hints of yellow and green. i'll say how it whent later and maybe post some pics. XD

Meh...

I lost the bid on that kimono i wanted... it was this :

Sigh i really wanted it, it could have been worn from fall to early spring... alas it was one that got away....

Red

ok, so i have desided to let my hunt for a gold obi turn into a wait/stalk for the BEST gold obi within my budget. I would like said obi to have lots of gold thread and maybe a water like patern since my current Furi has a large wave like pattern on it as well....
In other news i have found a beautiful red kimono thats about my size... and i want it, i'll post pics later... when i know it is mine... or not.

Kimono envy

So, not so long ago we got some new neighbors. They are an older couple, easy to get along with ect. ect... well today i dressed up in kimono, and i met their grandchildren... and after the grand kids left i learned something that made me so green with envy. They had some one in their family fight in WW2 and they brought tons of stuff from japan! Not to metion some kimonos... the exact number is unknown but they are all pre/ during WW2 and one apently belonged to a geisha... i was so jealous! i wanted to see them... but its not like they had them... aparently they are in some relitive's home... suposedly sitting in some closet... my heart cryies out to them... i bet they arn't even folded properly... sigh... i wish i could see them.

storage... and things to come.

Yes well i have been pestering my mom to get me a rubbermaid thing to store my kimono in... i had been storing them in a box that was way to small and my new furi has migrated around the room... from a shelf in my closet to my recling chair to my bed back to that chair... well she finally got me one out of the goodness of her heart and i am happy i'm no longer makeing unnessisary folds in my kimono...

another thing to look forward to... christmas. It is november and thus my mother begins her anual search for gifts... since my x-mas list has never been very long i added some kimono stuff to it... heh heh heh heh. well thats all, i'm still searching for an obi and an obiage/obijime... thinking about purple for the later... oh well.