"Celebrate good times! Come on!" A Holiday Challenge

moonblossom · **Posted:** Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:49 pm

I sort of dropped the ball on this, and should have posted it quite some time ago, but better late than never, right?

This is the place to post your kimono coordination for any and all holidays, whether they be Japanese or not. Christmas, Valentine's Day, Seijin no Hi, ANZAC day, you name it. If you're having a party, or even if you just feel like dressing up, go for it!

Please tell us what you chose to evoke the feel of the holiday if it's not immediately apparent. Did you wear soft pastels and an usagi obiage to remind us of the Easter Bunny? Is that blue and white kimono with a red obi a good way to bring out the colours of the US Flag for President's day?

As always, have fun!

Onanako · **Posted:** Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:34 pm

ok ill start with valentines!

Edit: you cant see it but my boyfriend delivered me a single rose with baby's breath. so in the back of my hair i placed a single twig of baby's breath. Making me the ROSE! teehee

all red!

it was cold, had to wear my haori, to work, at a bookstore...with books on m haori.

Fuyou · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:13 am

Some of my friends at school threw a Valentine's Day party and made awesome dinner for all of us. So, we all dressed up for the occasion. This is the only kimono I had on hand that was in season and pink/red. I had to get these pictures off of my friend's facebook account though, so they're small...

Jaki-san · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:48 am

Onanako aww, what a nice bf you have! i love all the shades of red coming together for this

Fuyou that kimono is amazing! *steals...*
and now thanks to moonblossom I've got that song stuck in my head :oops:

Quat · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:03 am

St. Patricks day!
I'm not Irish, I didn't go out (Had my last final of the quarter today), but.... it's a good enough reason to break out mean green.
And to immitate a nuclear power plant.
Hair clips by Lenneth. :lovelove

Makin' faces while watching star trek.

rubyminky · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:04 am

Woah! Bright kimono! I think you made the perfect choice of obi to go with it, really grounds it. Very nice.

muhvi · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:34 pm

That obi looks great with the kimono and the accessories are nice too. Love the green :lovelove

!

Quat · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:36 pm

Thanks guys :oops:

BikaBika · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:19 am

I wore a red, white, and blue yukata to watch the 4th of July fireworks with my family <3 The musubi was being funky and kept slipping and generally being uncooperative in the back, so just ignore that part please! :oops:

muhvi · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:34 am

BikaBika - I love how in the last photo your red bag and the red asanoha pattern match with the flowers

. And such a pretty kimono!

enutaki · **Posted:** Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:13 pm

This could almost belong in the ''New Years Kuromontsuki'' thread if it wasn't for the improvised Christmas wreath obidome.

Besides my lazy-assed lack of padding and juban you can totally see my humongus eye-bags from lack of sleep. Thank the pastamonster I'm finally getting some time off work .

Merry X-mas y'all!

Tahanala · **Posted:** Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:35 pm

Very cute! I think nothing keeps you from posting one outfit in several Challenges, either.

Nela · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:04 pm

Valentine's! (and my sis birthday)
And as a single- the best part of this day- when I got dressed up and sit with my family and eat some heart-shaped chocolates and have a light drink

sakura_blossom · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:07 pm

Aw, I was hoping someone would do something for Valentine's Day! Very nice job, Nela-san!

Saiya-chan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:12 pm

Ha same here. I didn't have anytime :cry:

(had to work overtime agian) Or I would have also joined you Nela.

Just so Cute, the kazashi... the whole outfite!

Quat · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:26 am

So cuuute, Nela! I especially love the hints of red!

Hmmm, do I have time to put something together for Vday....

Quat · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:53 am

LAST-MINUTE-COORDINATION-AND-KITSUKE-GOOOOO

And now I watches me some Dukes of Hazard. Mmmhmmmm.

sakura_blossom · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:59 am

Very nice, Quat! I love how your coordination focuses on pops of accent color!

Osen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:41 am

@Nela: Such a romantic ensemble :bunbun:

ladyhendrix · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:51 pm

These are pics from the past few months starting with Christmas

On Christmas, my theme was formal-y

Standard IG pose hahaha.

With the pink skull headphones

New Year was crazy colors

cream dance kimono with blue clouds, black based shishi obi (it has lotsa colors), lime green obiage, pink obijime, purple boots, toxic orange skull headphones

For the Foundation Day celebration of a university near mine (they invited us to perform)

I was so in a hurry, I actually forgot to bring an obi so this is obi-less.

No one had a clue except me.

Then for our university's Crazy Day where everyone dresses up in costumes and act crazy and everyone throws ice water at those who aren't in costume.

From left to right, a maid who's confused whether she's a boy, a girl or a cat; megane-type Meiji school girl, China-san from the anime Hetalia, and cool-type (whuz-with-the-sunglasses) Meiji school girl. I didn't forget the obi this time. We're holding onigiri that we sold to other students and teachers.

Nela · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:05 pm

Thank you all!

Saiya-chan maybe just put the Valentine's Day themed ensemble and show us the photos? :smil3:

Quat I was thinking that I will see more of the kimono and obi from your avatar, but this is very nice too

(BTW- isn't hakata only for summer?

)

ladyhendrix I love your tsukesage- I must get something in dark green sometime too :smil3:

And lovely jabane komon/ko-furi :lovelove

(can't see how the sleeves ends :lol:

)

stepan_san · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:19 pm

What a beautiful ensemble Nella! Great job!! :lovelove

(only the hem could be little lower but that's just a detail

)

Nela · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:45 pm

Thank you stepan_san! I noticed it after putting obi on :lol:

- that the ohashori is much too low and the hem is too high for this kind of formality :lol:

But in some way it was better when I was sitting- I didn't have to raise kimono higher that it wouldn't touch the floor

Quat · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:48 am

Nela wrote:

Quat I was thinking that I will see more of the kimono and obi from your avatar, but this is very nice too

(BTW- isn't hakata only for summer?

)

Hakata is non seasonal! Unless it's ro or awase etc.

I was thinking about the pink/red kimono in my icon too, but I decided the rose shibori was more valentine ideal.

hikari_evyon · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:28 am

I like everyone's ensembles, but Quat, your Valentines day ensemble is just awesome! :lovelove

You look so pretty! The obi really makes the outfit.

Quat · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:04 pm

Baawww thank you :cry:

stepan_san · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:28 pm

Quat wrote:

Hakata is non seasonal! Unless it's ro or awase etc.

If I'm not mistaken the hakata ori is always hitoe...

Maybe what you're referring to is the traditional pattern which is called kenjo gara (spelling?) and those obi can be sha/ro or awase (haven't seen the awase one in fukuro/nagoya size though, only hanhaba obi).. ?

Btw. your ensemble is great

ladyhendrix · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:36 pm

Nela wrote:

ladyhendrix I love your tsukesage- I must get something in dark green sometime too :smil3:

And lovely jabane komon/ko-furi :lovelove

(can't see how the sleeves ends :lol:

)

It's a taishou komon. One of my favorites in my collection. I also love the dark green and it's a bit narrow for me but it fits me better than something looser because of the snug fitting around my hips.

Naoko · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:57 pm

Aaaaah, I love these so far! You guys look great.

I am coveting ladyhendrix's green komon -- what a gorgeous color.

Also, quat looks very chic-chic stylish and nela is like a fresh spring flower in those pink shades. What a great-looking group we IGers are.

Keep 'em coming!!! I should post my Valentine's Day kitsuke, but I wasn't happy with how any of the pictures from dinner came out... maybe I'll re-dress just to get some snapshots

Quat · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:32 am

stepan_san wrote:

Quat wrote:

Hakata is non seasonal! Unless it's ro or awase etc.

If I'm not mistaken the hakata ori is always hitoe...

Maybe what you're referring to is the traditional pattern which is called kenjo gara (spelling?) and those obi can be sha/ro or awase (haven't seen the awase one in fukuro/nagoya size though, only hanhaba obi).. ?

Btw. your ensemble is great

I'm thinking more along the lines of how the fabric is folded back on itself and sewn shut. Sometimes the 'inside' is exposed, and you can see all the raw inner weave... I don't know if I'm explaining this cearly. You're right that it's not really considered 'awase' in any way that we normally think of as being awase... although it probably would apply to cases where it's a double sided obi, and the other side isn't hakata! Which I totally want.... anyhow.
BTW, thanks. :smil3:

And thank you, Naoko! The next US holiday is... Presidents Day? Or maybe Lincoln's birthday... :katana:

Naoko · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:25 am

Haha. I'll bake kimono cookies for anyone who does kitsuke with a stovepipe hat and beard!

stepan_san · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:42 am

Quat wrote:

I'm thinking more along the lines of how the fabric is folded back on itself and sewn shut. Sometimes the 'inside' is exposed, and you can see all the raw inner weave... I don't know if I'm explaining this cearly. You're right that it's not really considered 'awase' in any way that we normally think of as being awase... although it probably would apply to cases where it's a double sided obi, and the other side isn't hakata! Which I totally want.... anyhow.
BTW, thanks. :smil3:

Yes, I know what you meen

Though I haven't seen one like that. Only my sha nagoya obi has the wide part sewn that way.

A double sided obi with one side hakata (white on white) and the other side some other single color weave has been sold on eBay some time ago. It was really great!

ladyhendrix · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:42 am

Naoko wrote:

I am coveting ladyhendrix's green komon -- what a gorgeous color.

It's actually a tsukesage (my fave in my collection too!). Thanks ^_^

Quat · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:49 pm

I just caught sight of my calendar, and Lincoln's birthday has already passed, but Washington's is coming up!

bornahorse · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:26 am

I just found this thread! What neat outfits!!!

Now I have more inspiration to whip out my "St. Patrick's Day" Kimono!

Quat · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:15 pm

bornahorse wrote:

I just found this thread! What neat outfits!!!

Now I have more inspiration to whip out my "St. Patrick's Day" Kimono!

WE CAN MELT PEOPLES RETINAE TOGETHER.

bornahorse · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:22 pm

Quat wrote:

bornahorse wrote:

I just found this thread! What neat outfits!!!

Now I have more inspiration to whip out my "St. Patrick's Day" Kimono!

WE CAN MELT PEOPLES RETINAE TOGETHER.

HOORAY!!! XD

Well, I dunno think my kimono is THAT bright... but I have a green obi that's pretty bright... hmmm... XD