Rainy day kitsuke

well yesterday was yucky and gray... but i just had to get in kimono and feel pretty. This was my second kitsuke in  two days which is more kitsuke then usual for me. So i broke out my IG Prize and put on the main peices... as in the kimono, the obi, the obijime, and the obiage. being still quite warm here in Texas i wore my hitoe juban (if i had a Ro juban i'm sure it would get much love). Texas has a longer and hotter summer then japan (i think any way by their awase- hitoe- ro/sha calendar) so i may not be able to wear awase much untill  mid october...

oh well thats enough gripeing! so here are some lovely kimono pics!

I must say, thease are some of my favorite kimono pics so far. I look cute, the kimono looks neat... my 1+ years of self teaching have paid off! thank you for the support every one! (though i mostly get support from the stats... i wish more people commented...)

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!

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!

Yipppeeeee! XD

I just won a Red kimono! (while i stole it from under some ones nose-sorry person i do not know- i am very happy) It is compleatly red with little lighter gradient effects but looks really good! I plan to pair it with a Sky/light blue obi and some green accessories! It should look pretty good! XD

Vintage baby! Squee!

Ok so i won an auction almost two weeks ago and i have been eagerly awaiting the arival of my vintage beauty kimono (as i fondly called it). well yea so my vintage baby came in today, after a botched get together with friends before aikido plan this cutie was exactly what i needed! XD

Sha has long sleaves, and her cream base is actuly a little more pinkish in color. there were more age/minor damage spots then antisipated, i also need to do some minor repairs, oh and the collar was sewn in half (i wounder how long it has been like that....) but all in all when i put that baby on all the flaws just seemed to dissapear (then again the majority of them were on the back >: D  ) so when i get home from class tonight i will begin my repairs (useing some 'invisible thread' for now untill i feel confident enough to buy visible 'gasp' silk thread!) and hopefully i will be takeing some pics on this fridayish.

Due to the more pinkish hue of the base i do think i will go with that red obi i've been pondering, but i think i should go with a blue (preferably a lighter blue) or an orange obiage with perhapse a cream colored obi jime so that the cream color isn't totaly dwarfed.... heh lets see what i find... i'll probibly put off untill after christmas is (probibly not) over till i buy them though. well lets see where the river takes us.