G’day mates! It’s Abi!
I will introduce kimonos as in the previous one. At this time, I will write an attraction of Kimonos, such as looks, comfortable to wear and layering in this article. Finally, I would like to present my top three favourite kimonos.
First, I like the looks of them. They look warm but sophisticated. It depends on the kimono, it is warm (Hokkori) and soft, or cool and sharp (Syari-kan.) For example, “Tsumugi” has both faces warm and cool. “Yuki Tsumugi” shows a warm face, but “Oshima Tsumugi” shows a sharp cool face. Oshima’s looks are hard to explain in certain English words. Oshima’s sharpness is Shari-kan in Japanese. Shari is a kind of onomatopoeia. “shari shari”
Second, it is just comfortable to wear as daily clothes. They are refreshed and energised. Basically, kimonos have an image of being tight and difficult to wear, but fortunately for me this is not the case and I can wear them as if I were wearing normal clothes. Furthermore, they feel better and calmer when wearing them.
Third, Kimonos are fun to combine and layer colours and patterns. Especially fascinating patterns are the “Edo komon”, I think. The pattern of Edo Komon is smaller than usual Komon. It dyes tiny little patterns continuously. It can be worn for various scenes, from casual to semi-formal, and has two basic patterns; original and played. Original patterns are separated into three; Same, Gyogi and Kakuotoshi. These are the most common patterns. There are kimonos with patterns from old tales, such as Kaguya-hime and Momotaro, that are a type of played pattern with dots. Basically, played ones are more casual than traditional ones. Its pattern looks like lines from a distance.
Finally, I am going to introduce my favourite Kimono Top three! yay
1st: Edo Komon Played pattern, Kaguya-hime
2nd Nagai Tsumugi warmful (Hokkori)
3rd Edo Sarasa Kawaii and Played (Chic) patterns
How was the kimonos? They are all beautiful, aren’t they? I would like to publish more articles about kimonos : )
Well, have a good day! God bless you!
Love,
Abi ❤
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