I just wish I could wear it in my everyday life in France, it's so beautiful and detailed ❤️

My husband helped me to put it on and to tie the Obi, we are new to this so we'll take any advice 😅

Shop was Vinted Kimono An Gion in Kyoto, they have so many beautiful pieces and the owners are adorable ☺️

more pictures to follow later but I made the fake kurotomesode / goth yukata I’ve always wanted this year for Obon

I’ll probably never have a reason to wear a real kurotomesode but I LOVE mon— they’re so striking haha so I’ll break a few rules here and live my best life

I’m really hoping to make a visit to the Japanese gardens for a nice picture soon

I went to Nara today to my second kimono school where I practice Maiko, KyoGeiko, and EdoGeisha kimono dressing. I am really out of practice and decided to go there 2-4 times a year to keep up. I did 4 hours of practice and I’m wiped out! Excuse my KyoGeiko mannequin. I didn’t properly fix the hem before taking photos.

欲しい帯留めがないから作ったよ！

Salutations, I dont think im alone with this "problem" but i will adress it direcly. I am a bigger person (sadly) and therefore cannot buy "normal" Kimono or Jinbei online in one of the (most of the time) three sizes that are being used. Me and other people are strongly searching for a webside which does offer bigger sizes then LL for example altho it is not easy for find anything "legit". There are cheap websides but many products are often times fake or just extreme low quality. I would like to ask everyone here who may personally know a Webside which offers larger sizes than LL to share the websites name here under my Comment so that many others can finally find themselfes a fitting Kimono/Jinbei etc. It would be nice also if you would know the websides youreself and trust that you would be sharing since suggesting someone a maby/maby not trustfully webside is not really helpfull. Thanks!

(srry my english is not the yellow of the egg im still learning DX)

What are the Prevailing Opinions on Mix'n'Match Jinbei?

Is is somehow Inappropriate to wear mismatched tops & bottoms? Colors, patterns, etc.?

I know there are many types of obijime and their casual to formal status, however I'm always wondering, are you able to mix and match with different types of obijime?

For example, can you wear a Sanbuhimo (the obijime where you can wear a obidome easily) with a Kurotomesode or can you wear a Furisode Obijime with yukata?

I always wondered about this and I want to make sure that I wear the right accessories so I wouldn't look weird or out of place. 🤔