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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.

I wanted to do some maiko-ish poses with this kimono. This one's supposed to be the more playful side of a maiko.

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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~werewolf77746 Oct 29, 2011
Oh my gosh, this hikizuri is absolutely stunning!

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ωє ωαℓк тнє ρℓαик ωιтн συя єуєѕ ωι∂є σρєи.
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~Kurokami-Kanzashi Dec 8, 2011
Thank you very much!

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~werewolf77746 Dec 10, 2011
You're very welcome, I'd kill for a kimono like this xD
Must have been expensive, you just can't buy these anywhere.
Unless I'm not looking...I need one for a henshin next August <3

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OMG! I found the picture in which she is wearing that kimono!!! I am so jealous! It is a gorgeous kimono! You got that from Ichiroya? You are so lucky!

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If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't.
And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?
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~Kurokami-Kanzashi Oct 5, 2009
Actually, I snagged this one off of Yahoo Japan. I got this one before Ichiroya had the chance to buy it and mark it up. I've actually seen things that I was eyeing from this seller reappear in Ichiroya's store. The last one I was interested in ended up being marked up by $300.

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~AkaiSohma Oct 12, 2009
Really? Great find!

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If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't.
And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?
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