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Ha ha, my quest to photograph myself in all my kimono goes on!

Oomurasaki - Purple Butterfly

And here I am in my new maiko hikizuri! I photoshoped these shots to get the very best representation of the kimono's colour that I possibly could (it doesn't photograph easily). So yes, it is that really rich purple!

I think shot I'm wearing my autumn han'eri which I made a while back. Unfortunately it's more orange in colour than red, so while it's maiko-ish, it's not quite maiko really.

I had a bit of difficulty with the obi in this ensemble. I was experimenting with it to try and get a faux-darari knot. I think I need a bigger obimakura to get it to look good, though. Anyways, the experimenting meant I didn't really go for the super low collar look at the back. Besides, given the kimono's age and state I was really nervous about pulling on the fabric too much. I really don't think I will attempt to wear this again, until I repair it.

I also didn't have a suitable maiko style obidome, so instead I tried to be funky with tying my furisode obijime.

This pose was inspired by a postcard I once saw of an Tayuu. I actually used the pose as refence for one of the figures in my Tayuu calendar: [link]

I've also been finding more and more photos of Takahiro wearing this kimono. I've even found it immortalized in a sketch of her!
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~Lexxiington Feb 12, 2009
I have a couple of questions.
Who ties the obi? Because I keep reading that it takes more than one person to do that. And I've seen videos of people tying them.
And are these kimonos expensive?
I really want to learn about this, your answers will be really helpful.

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Never Say Goodbye, because goodbye means going away.
And going away means forgetting. - Peter Pan
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~Kurokami-Kanzashi Feb 17, 2009
Traditionally, yes maiko do have someone to tie their obi. They generally have a kimono dresser to come and dress them every day. For normal people, yes it does help to have someone to tie the obi for you, but it's not neccessary. Some knots are also easier to do than others.

This particular kimono was expensive because it belonged to an apprentice geisha, and those are rather rare. Most other kimono can be purchased relatively cheaply from vintage kimono dealers and ebay. Be careful with ebay though because there are a lot of sellers who lie and list fake western kimono as authentic ones, or make claims that their item was a geisha's or a royal gift and try to charge way more than the kimono is worth. I rarely pay more than $100 USD for a single kimono and have even gotten one for $0.99 before.

Here are some good places to start when shopping for kimono:
[link]
[link]
[link]

Those three are all reputable sellers with reasonable prices. I have bought from all of them and have not been disappointed.

Otherwise, here are a couple of good places to learn about kimono and kimono dressing:
[link]
[link]

Hope that helps!

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Soli Deo Gloria!
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~Lexxiington Feb 19, 2009
I really appriciate the time you took to tell me this and send me the links.
Thanks a bunch :D
Best wishes!

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Never Say Goodbye, because goodbye means going away.
And going away means forgetting. - Peter Pan
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