{"id":12133,"date":"2022-03-20T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=12133"},"modified":"2022-03-20T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T20:06:16","slug":"chic-modern-kiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/chic-modern-kiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Chic Modern Kiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this piece on eBay when it had less than an hour to go, and I just fell head over heels. I love how bold it is, how minimalistic it is despite the motif itself being huge and dramatic, I love the very simple colour palette. And of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardeningknowhow.com\/ornamental\/flowers\/chrysanthemum\/spider-mum.htm\">rangiku<\/a> is one of my favourite motifs. I really lucked out here, someone actually bumped it up to my maximum bid in the last few seconds, but didn&#8217;t bid any higher so I ended up winning it by the skin of my teeth.<\/p>\n<p>I was so eager to coordinate it that I haven&#8217;t even had time to take a photograph for my catalogue &#8211; I just wanted to get it on to the mannequin as soon as I had some free time.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12133 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-3-150x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-3-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-3-513x1024.jpg 513w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-3-770x1536.jpg 770w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-3-75x150.jpg 75w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-3.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-4-150x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-4-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-4-513x1024.jpg 513w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-4-770x1536.jpg 770w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-4-75x150.jpg 75w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-4.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-2-178x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-2-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-2-609x1024.jpg 609w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-2-913x1536.jpg 913w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-2-89x150.jpg 89w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mod-rangiku-2.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I paired it with a mofuku nagoya obi, since I really wanted the punch of black contrast. I think the rest of the outfit is obviously enough not mofuku that I can get away with it. Ideally, I would have used accessories in the same blue as the accents on the flowers, but I don&#8217;t own anything in that specifically &#8220;blurple&#8221; colour. I went with some of my favourite blue pieces, my icy blue obiage and beaded obijime. The haneri is actually my silver spiderweb one turned inside out. That made me chuckle a bit, since in English rangiku are often referred to as spider chrysanthemums. Maybe one day I&#8217;ll coordinate it with the webs visible.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Items used in this coordination<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-12133 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mofuku-nagoya.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mofuku-nagoya-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mofuku-nagoya-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mofuku-nagoya-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mofuku-nagoya-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7820'>\n\t\t\t\tMofuku Nagoya Obi\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-10-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-10-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-10-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7320'>\n\t\t\t\tBlue Beaded\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-3-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5812\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5812'>\n\t\t\t\tIce-blue Rinzu\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/haneri-32.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/haneri-32-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6804\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6804'>\n\t\t\t\tCute Cotton\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this piece on eBay when it had less than an hour to go, and I just fell head over heels. I love how bold it is, how minimalistic it is despite the motif itself being huge and dramatic, I love the very simple colour palette. And of course,\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/chic-modern-kiku\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[14,67,148,111,273,59,1233,149,1234],"class_list":["post-12133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mannequin-coord","tag-black","tag-blue","tag-chrysanthemum","tag-cream","tag-heisei","tag-kiku","tag-minimalist","tag-modern","tag-rangkiku"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12140,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12133\/revisions\/12140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}