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this makes me happy

ripped off pinterest

>>9362763
>decapitated barbies
why?

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>>9362767
I like the modern styles, but I think with raised hemlines the short socks don't look good at all. They should be tall enough to cover the exposed calf otherwise I get an old grandpa feeling, especially with the black socks. But maybe that's just my western bias.

>>9362922
Nah raised hemlines are super modern when it comes to kimonos. The traditional way is to have the hemline at your ankles.

>Appropriating Japanese culture and disrespecting it by making it "modern"

>>9363100
Hi tumblr. Time for you to go back.

>>9363100
How can Japanese people appropriate their own culture, dumbass?

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Where's a good place to buy kimonos/yukata? I've always wanted one for local festivals but I don't want to be a douche and wear something that's totally wrong

>my fave threads
I'm up to 5 haoris now and even in only a year I've seen competition go up for them on ebay. I get compliments on them each time I wear them.

>>9363122
eBay or Yahoo Japan Auctions are all good. I highly recommend Immortal Geisha forums for all the information you ever need.

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>>9363122
Rakuten is good, particularly if you are tall/plus size

>>9363100
Yeah, true that. Japanese people shouldn't be allowed to wear suits and other western clothing either since they belong to white people.
They should probably stop eating curry too they're appropriating indian culture desu baka senpai

>>9363100
>appropriating culture

>>9363100
> most of the people in the photos are Japanese, dumbass

You guys should check out Tokyo 135 harajuku blog for inspo.

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>>9367726
Cats.

>>9367730
Ending with my favourite photo of all time.

>>9362757
One of my favorite kimono coords.

>>9367631
Don't you mean British? They took British curry and rice and turned that into one of their national foods.

>>9369250

Didn't the brits take it from India?

>>9363100
>All those replies
Oh, seagulls. Why so gullible?
Every time...

Does anybody know what kind of skirt she is (or was I guess, according to another thread she passed away) wearing? I'm thinking about making my own if I can't find something like it but I can't tell if it's a circle skirt or a pleated one.

And what do you think about wearing geta and zori out? I love the topheavy look of geta + tight legwear + haori and while I'm not someone who buys the cultural appropriation bullshit, I'm in a college town full of people who do and I just don't have the balls to go out with more than one traditional Japanese thing on my body. Plus, I don't really know what looks ugly when it comes to shoes, especially to regular girls not into this stuff lol.

>>9369576
Pretty sure it's a skirt by MM

>>9362757
Where can I get a plain black hakama (? sorry if this is the wrong term) like OP's picture?

>>9363100
Here's your (You)

>>9367732
I would love to know the story behind this.

>>9369649
According to Google it's from a graduation ceremony.

>>9369576
The shoes will look bad to people, they'll judge you worse than if you were wearing socks with sandals. The skirt is mary magdalene.

>>9367730
>cute kitty kimono
I need this. It fills me with joy.

>>9362757
I order my yukata and accessories from Shimazura online. They're really nice, but they do often run out of styles fast. They also have a section for more retro/antique styles. Wore this as the past Japanese festival in my state and got a lot of compliments from the elderly crowd.

>>9370660
The most unfortunate thing with modern prints like this, sadly, is they're suuuuper fucking pricey, even for yukata and with simpler prints like a simple two-toned stripe.

Often the pricing not so much that it's different from pricing of some lolita pieces for yukata, but if you're looking for komono kimono (casual kimono with a repeating pattern), they'll easily double, sometimes triple what you'd see for a lolita OP, brand new. And if you're hard into multiple hobbies (like lolita, dolls, etc which are common for people who get into kimono like this), it's pretty difficult to be able to buy these. They rarely are resold, and typically price upward when you can find them secondhand.

It's part of why a lot of modern kimono looks are done with vintage pieces, too. Most of what you'll find cheaper for brand new are mass marketed yukata from companies selling largely to gyaru or are wholesale outlets. The later is how you can find yukata at conventions for $50-100 without accessories.

>>9363122

For my yukata, I just browse eBay, Y!Japan Auctions, and Rakuten. For my kimono-hime stuff, I usually buy vintage from Kimono-bestbuy on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/usr/kimono-bestbuy?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2754)) or from browsing etsy, and any obis I don't find find through those I've bought at conventions, local shops when I can (used to live in NYC), and kyotohijiri on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/usr/kyotohijiri?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754).).

>>9369273
Brits took it from India and watered it down to meet the standards of delicate British palates, and then the Japanese took it from the British and then watered it down EVEN MORE to suit the even more delicate palates of the Japanese

>>9369576
I think it might be both pleated and flared. See pic related for drafting instructions.

>>9372946
I really want to get into kimonos, kimonos in general are just beautiful pieces. I'm hard into dolls, but I'd like to at least own one yukata. You're post was really informative, thanks!

>mfw I have no where I could wear it

>>9372787
I love it, you look fantastic in it!

>>9373361
I've honestly gotten to the point where I just stopped caring and wearing kimono when I feel like it and know I won't get it seriously messed up of anything. Plus, I own several at this point (4 yukata, 5 kimono, 4 haori, not even bothering counting obi). I make myself wear those after the investment in them.

A friend of mine works in a kimono shop in NYC, and when I lived there, we'd usually chill together in kimono when we could. But again, that was the advantage of living in NY: you could easily say, "Fuck it, I do what I want," and it's a lot easier to shake off people who are trying to drill you for how you're dressed, because that's just NY.

Here's another shop, though this will need a proxy service probably. They sell new and vintage.

https://www.net-shinei.co.jp/