kitsuke test run...

Well every time i get a new kimono i have to, have to, have to try it on and improve so it dosn't have a horrible clashing thing going on... so i di it with my orange cherry Komon. This is a Wool Komon and super cutefurther delay... Pics!! Its in Mint condition except there were some shouldertucks... they had no function so i let them out (the past owner must have had shortish arms?) so now it dosn't even have that. also my newest Zori came in not long before... so with no further delay here are the pics!

 my new zori, they look pretty nice right? very casual though.

 And to finish it all up here is a picture of my cat in a box...

updates

Yes this is just an update post because a lot of stuff has come in and the whatnot the last week-two weeks. As i made a quicky post all of you know i have a Hime cut now and i'm lovin it but my hairdresser didn't just comb it down and snip... somehow she had some hair pulled back so when my long hair isn't pulled back the shorter level look like its only 1-2 inches/ 2.5-5 cm... but when i pull back my long hair it looks a whole inch/2.5 cm wider... its kinda fun...

Oh well on to more important matters. I now have a second pair of zori, thease fit better then my silver pair, they are a bit widder so my feet don't hang off the sides. I'm still not sure how much myfeet are suposed to hang off the back but i feel a little better about this pair, its not like i try and jamm my whole foot into this pair or zori (i now know you are only suposed to slid it on about half way up your big toe or something... The zori are Tatami style, but they are not really tatami... they do have nice rubber soles though and so i won'tg be afraid to wear them out after a rain storm.

My newest Kimono, a cherry patterned Komon Came in the day before yesterday. it has a matching Haori which excites me. both are wool but i feel its not super heavy wool... i still won't wear it in summer outside... that would be suicide. I got a matching Tsuke obi to go with it but when it came i found it was an incompleat Tsuke obi... it had no ties or hook on the tare part... so i will finish it.

I got my juban drycleaned so i should beable to do a photo shoot soon.

Lastly: I found out that there is a vintage kimonoshop on the outskirts of houston, which for me is about a 2 hour drive but if i whent out there for a day trip then its not that big of a problem... i would like some company. I hope to go down some time in july and buy some kimono goodies! (its pretty inexpencive)

Well thats all for now, i should be having a kimono photoshoot tomorrow. Iwill post pics as soon as i get around to it. Bye bye!

Hime!!!!

I finally got myself that hime cut! Well here's a pic for now I'll post better ones later.

the day before...

Ok so its sunday and i desided i had to have one last test run. My kimono came in on thursday ad i tried it on but took no pics. I got all the stuff i wanted to use and made em. so my outfit is as follows. 1 hitoe kimono, 1 tsuke obi, 1 hand made obidome, some squiggly gold ribbon for an obijime, some pic fabric as a makeshift obiage and a matching little bag that won't be shown.

The good camera died so we took pics useing my phone. forgive the quality here they are.

Excitement

The title sums it up... I'm super excited for this kimono event. My kimono of squiggles and stuff came yesterday so today after school I began my quest for improv items for my debut kitsuke! Man I know that once Monday rolls around I'll be nervous to the point of reconsidering but I made my choice and I'll stick with it.

In other news I realized I made a bad choice in obi... Meh. Luckily my gold, peach , cream Tuske obi looks pretty good. Not stellar but pretty good. Also I'm making my first obidome!!!

Well that's all I'll post some pics of my stuff tomorrow. See u guys then.

False alarm and worry

So yesterday i asked my mom if anything had come for me. she said yes and so i natrally asumed it was my new hitoe kimono... well it was not and it wasn't even from the same people. i ened up with some other guys order. the yellow japanese shipping slip had the name samuel on it and so i asume it belongs to him.

Well if my Hitoe kimono dosn't come in by friday, saterday at the lastest, then i guess i will wear my yukata... because i really want to wear kimono even if its just a yukata... so yeah i am getting a tad nervouse...

in other news i looked at my total page veiws and was mildly afraid... i had 666 page veiws... that kind of thing has happened to me only once before... i am glad that i have so many page veiws though.... i just wish they hadn't ended up right at that number when i checked...

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!