Kimono dressing

Well, I have finally convinced the Birmingham Japanese Society that we should have a kimono dressing. So, our December meeting will be just that. I'll write a brief presentation and then start dressing people. So... anyone that can come up and help is welcome to come if you want. Unfortunately we won't be paid for this event but it will be for the love of kimono. And there will be men there so I'm going to have to learn me some men kitsuke. I'm going to finally buy Kevin a set so I can get practicing. I will also learn yukata kitsuke for men too. I figure that might be easiest to start with.
And I am now the chairperson for the Birmingham Japanese Society so I've got my work cut out for me!

Recent kimono outings

After a long hiatus I finally got to wear kimono twice in the last two weekends in London. First was the London MCM Expo. Sadly I had no pictures of me in my kimono that day but fun was had by Hong, Isla, Chantal and myself. Secondly, was the Kabuki at Sadler's Wells last Sunday. Brilliant! Lyuba and I had a great day out.
I will post a couple of photos here but please visit my flickr page to see the rest here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shigatsuhana/

London MCM Expo outfit

Here's what I'll wear for tomorrow's London MCM Expo:

London Expo outfit

I will probably end up wearing this ensemble for London Expo on Saturday. I finally get to wear my fuji/wisteria shibori obi while seasonal appropriate. :)

Kimono outtings coming up!

After a long hiatus of no kimono wearing, there are two events coming up shortly. First the London Expo 29-30 May with the regular girls from Team Manekineko and then to a Kabuki performance on 6th June with Lyuba! Yay! It's time to put the greasepaint away until September and don kimono for the summer. Just finished our summer show with Stonnall and as successful and fun as it was, I'm glad it's over.

My husband very kindly bought me a new camera for my anniversary present. It is a Sony a330 DSLR. Hopefully this will help me up my game in my photography. Photography is a big hobby of mine and hopefully I will produce some better results. You can see just a dabbling of camera play here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shigatsuhana/

Hopefully I'll be able to put some pictures up of forthcoming events in a couple of weeks.

New 2-piece kimono

Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Happy New Year and Year of the Tiger everyone!





After finding out how to wear my last two piece kimono I decided to buy another. They are the easiest things on the planet to wear! Wow! I will be wearing mine this weekend in London at Tokyo Day.

It's been ages

I don't have any new kimono news at the moment. No time for kimono dressing or anything at present. I am getting new bedroom furniture installed on Monday so have been busy re-arranging and now starting to decorate before the work starts. Also getting new carpet. Perhaps closer to Christmas I'll get a chance to wear my new two-piece kimono and show it off. I really love it! I might alter it a little bit so it works for me I'll have to have a play with it. Right now I've started working on my costumes for the panto in January. Hot Pink Lolita here I come! Pictures to follow when it's finished. :)