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!

The time is close....

As i posted some time ago i am currently on a kimono related shopping break to save up money to but a ko-furisode + Hakama set! Well My break is almost over and graduation season is upon us.... Shinei already has a few ko-furisode up and i am eyes a pair of hakama... i will probibly have to get my Hakama seperately because while i am an average sized american i would be considered fairly tall by a good deal of japanese...

Ok so my goal is to get a black or purple Ko-furisode... and some hakama, probibly blue hakama. I'll probibly end up getting a purple Ko- furi becuase black is a little harder to come by... but we will see.

Anniversary Kitsuke

As i have been seeing all day, today is the 1 year mark for that terrible tsunami... which was followed by more disasters... Well last year i donated some money to the cause... but this year there are no little donation bins floating around my school... so i desided to do something else as a sort of "You can do it Japan!" statement... well i dressed in kimono today! Its the outfit i posted last week end... with some ankle boots (which i won't wear again because they kept catching the ehm of my juban and i kept thinking they caught my kimono which kept giveing me scares...) Well almost all the same... i discovered (much to my horror) that the scarf i had wanted to use was... gasp too big! there was just too much of it... so i broak out my unfinished little cotton Obiage replacement thing... it looks pretty cool.

One of my favorite pics!

Ugg.. i slouched...

a nice picture...

I like this pic a lot!

 Ok in other news... i don't think i'll be getting that hime hairstyle i wanted... i'm sure i'll look great in it but i desided to look for something... softer? either way i'll be getting some sort of hair cut with face frameing fringe and if i like it that way i'll trimm it into a hime hair style.....

And on one last note i have to post some pics of this beautiful tree we have...

Spring Break...

After today begins the wounderful week we call, spring break! I plan on practicing my Kitsuke... and maybe even going to that jap garden i have spoken of.... yay!

but i have one other goal... To reorganise my kimono collection... I've run out of space once more, which means its a good thing i am on a kimono buying break... Oh well... goals are goals!

outfit planning!

K in my last post/ Rant (of sorts) I said that i would be going to the japanese garden in my local area! well i will the date is just undesided, as it is with kimono you have to be carful of the weather, more so here in america (because there are no profesional kimono cleaners in site) so its lucky i live in texas.... dry and hot! Thats Texas...

Um so back on topic, i'm sure you all are woundering what i will wear well here it is! though this is just to check....

the moment i set those boots beside everything else i KNEW that i needed brown boots, light to medium brown for the best look... i need to get some because i have none at the moment.

So just for background purposes. The kimono is my newest tulip baby but since its all red i figure a little late is ok. the obi is a Tsuke Obi and much warmer then my winter bridge tsuke obi which on a side note is from the same person. It came in the mail two days ago and i am very happy with this purchase... I now have 7 obi (soon to be 8) 5 kimono(one has no obi officaly) 10 michiyuki, 3 obijime, 4 obiage (ok i admit some are scarfs), and i love them all so over all my collection has 29 peices at the moment. wow i sound kimono rich this way...

wow i got compleatly side tracked... The obiage is a green scarf i will be useing in place of an obiage... and the obijime is a handmade cord useing Kumihimo which some of you may recall the fact that i desided to try it out... years of finger weaving and such has given me patenience in this area...

So yeah i don't know exactly when i will make my debute (my first public kimono wearing which this will be it) but it should be in 2-4 weeks. except for the boots  realy like how this looks, very springy and fresh and almost a little mellow, makes me think of a flower...