Prom and Stuff.

Hello Every one! Yesterday was prom and i'm only mentioning it because i'm pondering going in kimono next time since i'm only a junior. Then again maybe not but thats it on that subject.

In other news what i expected to be a kimono fashion show held by my local Japanese American Society of Greater Austin, has turned into a Kimono 101 lecture. i'm still going because hey i get to see kimono in person. My newest Kimono, the synthetic one, hasn't arived yet, so i may not end up going in full kimono sha-bang. i might just end up wearing a michiyuki again... though if it arives by next saterday i will still go in kimono... if it comes later then saterday then well i'm out of luck because i need to see it to get the accesories of the propper colors and such i would need sunday to make and try em out. meh... i'm still glad i got my first Hitoe kimono.

Other wise i don't have much going on, i'm going to try for a Ro kimono ( i need 1 since i live in texas, by june its over 100 F or abouve 38 C, hot!  this is why i need a bunch of summer kimono or i might die, or sweat so heavily i ruin my beloved kimono!)  and maybe a new juban... i need a new juban..

oh well thats all for now!

Busy saterday with golden clouds

well yesterday was super busy... Because i am in NHS (national Honor society) i had to go to a senior citezen prom from 10:00 am- 4:20 pm... thats a little over six hours... yikes. i got random cuts on my feet (the top inside part... don't ask me how...) but before i was gone in a flury i was hit by good luck.

I just knew something was going to come for me in themail yesterday, i just thought it would be once i was gone. well not ten minutes after takeing my shower and jamming out to songs by Maiko Fujita (yes not the traditional jamming songs) i hear the dorrbell ring twice... well it kept buzzing cuz the guy jammed our doorbell, i rushed downstairs, my hair up in a towl and my robe on, it reaches about mid thigh by the way.

at first i was exstatic and miffed because i thought it was my new hitoe kimono and i didn't have time to gawk over it. then i realized the bag was a little small for that and i remembered i had baught a gold/cream fukuro obi about two weeks ago... i cut open thebrown bag and low and behold...
it was indeed my obi.

well after my senior citezen prom thing i whent over to my kimono buddy Marry Ann's house for some dinner and i brought all the stuff to show her how to tie an obi in the Taiko Musubi. i must say i felt better about tieing it on her (and her sister, i tied a taiko musubi on them both XD) then i did last weekend with my nagoya obi. infact they both came out almost perfect... sadly i forgot to take pics... it was kinda funny because they desided to wear a yukata underneith...


oh well here are some pics of my lovely obi hanging on one of my Kimono hangers!

its a nice nonseasonal fukuro obi. i can wear it anytime but the dead of summer. well i guess thats it. see you guys later.

Obi tying

Ok so yesterday i fixed my collars... today i desided to practice tying my obi... it whent ok... it doesn't look quite right... I'm doing some hard core kimono training but being self taught can be a dissadvantage because i can't get a second opinion very easily.... oh well here are the pics... don't mind the color combo... this is purely for practice.

Collar practice time!!!!

I finally got my collars right!^^ I finally just got what I was doing wrong and fixed it. I was aiming too low. Well here is proof of my improvement.

doing good on my goals.

as i said i was begining my Hitoe conquest today and i have kept that word... I won my first kitoe kimono for $3... plus $17 shipping... not bad... i could get a pair of blue jeans for that money... either way here is what i won.

I will probibly wear this to the kimono fashion show... I will probibly also practice my kitsuke weekly from here on out.....  i need to at least get my Obi tied correctly...  even if evenything else is a little... off... i still haven't deafeated my colars... sigh... woe is me... though i think i finaly figured out what i was doing wrong.... meh... oh well see you guys as soon as i figure out what i will wear WITH this baby... another meh... more money spent... i need a job!

new goals

Ok so back in january, not that long ago really i had some goals set up for this year. they included:
-get a red kimono
-to even out the obi/kimono ratio of my collection... aka have more obi then kimono-go to a restrant in kimono
-go to japanese garden in kimono
-eat at a jap restraunt called Origami
-Find a way to store more kimono in my closet... i'm running out of room!-get a hime hair cut

well i was pretty surprised to see that in around three months i had acomplished three of my goals! So i am revising my goals a tad right now for those who are interested. here they are:
-have my kimono debute
-go to a japanese restraunt in kimono
-buy 2-3 summer weight kimono
-buy 2-3 summer weight obi
- get a face frameing kimono worthy hair cut

Ok so as to why a few of my goals changed... as for my haircut... well i realised i wated something that framed my face more thenanything... so i will get such a hair cut and if i want i can slowly grow it out and transform it into a hime cut...

i still want to go to the japanese garden but Awase season is quickly ending and my friend isn't telling me if she is free or not...

as for my debute... i may have had my internet debute but i have yet to go out in public... In May there is a kimono fashion show... i am determined to go to that in kimono... i am already looking for my outfit... infact i may buy a kimono as soon as tomarow. wish me luck... maybe i can even talk my kimono friend into wearing kimono to the fashion shoe... not that she has anything seaon apropriate either...

And as for my summer weight goal... well i live in texas... the summer is hot and long... sometimes its still hot even into october... we had an unseasonably warm winter so i hope next winter is cooler... better for wearing kimono... but either way... i still need a good deal of kimono i can wear when it gets hot... i should probibly even get a second Yukata...

well thats all for my rant i guess... had to get that off of my chest... if i win the kimono i am aiming for then i will post a pic of it! see you soon guys!

My early easter kitsuke.

SO as i said last time i got me some hakama! So i broak out my synthetic Kimono that has some lovley styalised sakura on branches all over it. this was actuly my first kimono and is a bit of a pain to put on because it is just so dang slipery! The hanhaba i wore with it actuly came in a set i got from Yukata Kimono market sakura. so all in all its all synthetic. My boots which seem to be a hit on Immortal Geisha already are a great find i had on Overstock.com. They were origanly $200 but at 90% off were right at $20... wich is why i got them. They have a nice big chunky heel.


ok and so... pictures!

Ah it was lots of fun... but alas i probibly have only one more Awase kitsuke in me anyway... the season is almost over to begin with but its already getting to the 80 F range or around 27 C.

alas i also have no Ro or Hitoe kimono because i started my collection is August last year... all i have is 1 yukata... and so, being a kimono loveing texan... after i get my Ko-furisode i will begin to work up my collection of summer garments... its neccisary because by july there will be 100F+ (38C+) weather and if i even tried to wear Awase outside the house i would probibly overheat quickly and pass out...( not kidding)

So far this is the one thing i hate about texas... though i will probibly stay here if given the choice... maybe one day i will move a tad more north.... like to dallas or forthworth... i hear they have a gorgeouse japanese garden.... oh well. this is enough ranting for now. wish me luck on my kimono goals!

Hakama

Ok so bout two weeks ago i caved for something. My own pair of navy blue hakama. i figured all the hakama wouldn't be of 'proper length' in the furi hakama sets so i got my own ahead of time!  well they came today, much faster then expected really, and so i desided to take a picture and then put them up untill this week end. i'll probibly wear it with my sakura polyester kimono and boots.
here are some pics of the hakama:

well see you soon! i'll definatyly post my pics quickly!