By Naomi, on January 26th, 2012 The kimono challenge questions are:
1. did you discover and get into kimono?
2. Your dearest kimono item(s).
3. Your most used kimono item(s) (not counting jubans, datejimes etc.).
4. Your least used kimono item(s).
5. Your favourite coordination(s) so far.
6. What do you like and don’t like about kimono.
7. Kimono confessions. Did you know that…
8. Your dream kitsuke items (or at least items you really really want but can’t get for whatever reason).
9. Your biggest kimono fears.
10. Your biggest kimono inspiration.
11. Your kimono collection.
12. The evolution of your kitsuke.
13. Your special kimono memory.
2. Your dearest kimono item(s).
While I have many pieces I adore dearly, the one closest to my heart would be the kimono I got married in:
I am also particularly fond of this piece, which was one of my first Taisho purchases:
Which I wear often with a black shusu obi with embroidered tsuzumi, which was a very special gift from my taiko senpai for sewing and costume assistence at the annual taiko concert.
And while I could go on all day posting more kimono, I’ll just post this last one. My ro lily komon:
I first wore this when I was 9 weeks pregnant, we didn’t yet know if we were having a boy or a girl. We had a girl. Her name is Lily 
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By Naomi, on January 19th, 2012 
A number of kimono bloggers are doing this, and while I’m late to the game, it’s better late than never!
1. How did you discover and get into kimono? 2. Your dearest kimono item(s). 3. Your most used kimono item(s) (not counting jubans, datejimes etc.). 4. Your least used kimono item(s). 5. Your favourite coordination(s) so far. 6. What do you like and don’t like about kimono. 7. Kimono confessions. Did you know that… 8. [...]
By Naomi, on January 14th, 2012 
While I have an appreciation for kimono fashion in general my love lies with pre-WWII, with a focus on The Greater Taisho Period, a time spanning 1910 to 1930. I find this particular period saw massive inovation with not only design and colour, but with kitsuke itself.
I collect postcards and photographs from this period of time along with other pre-WWII images that may catch my attention, as I love viewing the different ensembles worn [...]
By Naomi, on January 10th, 2012 
At long last, we were finally able to attend another kimono day! San Francisco Japantown’s Kimono Days started shortly before I fell pregnant with Lily and we attended a few. But then with life, work, breastfeeding, etc – we had difficulty attending any more until now. This time, in addition to Arian, Lily and myself, I had the pleasure of re-introducing kimono to my friend, Rebecca.
I’ve only recently had the pleasure of Rebecca’s friendship, [...]
By Naomi, on July 9th, 2011 
We made a very last minute decision to head out to San Jose Obon today to meet up with some friends.
My kimono room is absolute chaos right this moment – with 4 huge boxes of obi blocking my tansu, so with very little time to get dressed – I grabbed what ro I had existing outside of the tansu and got dressed.
Didn’t have time to do anything fancy with my hair, alas, so [...]
By Naomi, on April 11th, 2011 
Sunday was the last day for us in the city. I had spent all week tossing and turning over what to wear. I really wanted to wear my strange komon / iro tomesode hybrid kimono with feathers and my parrot obi together, but I was at a bit of a loss with accessories. I was originally just going to do classic red, then I thought about lavender.
But then, inspiration hit me — my diaper [...]
By Naomi, on April 11th, 2011 
After Lily’s nap on Saturday afternoon, I decided to dress in kimono again. Knowing we were going to head out to dinner, I decided to wear a wool ensemble. Baby + food = mess. Wool, at least, is washable in my washing machine!
I figured I’d bust out my ship obi for this ensemble, along with my pink faux shibori haneri as I had been wanting to wear both for a while now. I’m quite [...]
By Naomi, on April 11th, 2011 
This year, the Cherry Blossom Festival was so much fun! Last year it was difficult as Lily was at an awkward newborn age (10 weeks) and I couldn’t wear kimono long at all due to being a new nursing momma. This year, however, different story!
I ended up wearing three different ensembles over Saturday and Sunday. I’m going to do three different posts as there’s a lot of photos.
Quite a few months ago, I [...]
By Naomi, on April 2nd, 2011 I wanted to extend a big thank you to those who bidded on my auctions. The grand total was:
$672.09
100% of the proceeds were donated to Global Giving for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.
Thank you to those who bidded and won, and thank you to those who spread the word!
By Naomi, on March 29th, 2011 
I am excited to finally have my copy of “The New Kimono – From Vintage Style To Everyday Chic” from the Editors of the Nana-oh Magazine!
I’ve been a fan of the Nana-oh Magazine for years – so it’s rather quite exciting to finally be able to read the articles in English!
A review will be forthcoming in the near future, but in the meanwhile – please feel free to read the review and [...]
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