{"id":13460,"date":"2025-07-07T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=13460"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:19:45","slug":"montreal-jccc-fashion-show-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/montreal-jccc-fashion-show-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal JCCC Fashion Show 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ooof. No, that year in the title is not a typo. I’m just three tanukis in a michiyuki<\/a> when it comes to following up on things.<\/p>\n

In the spring of 2023, I was invited to participate as a stylist and vendor in Everyone Can Kimono!,<\/em> a fashion show and event put on by the Japanese-Canadian Cultural Centre<\/a> here in Montreal. It aimed to encourage a love of kimono and show that it really is for anyone who is passionate about it! Being a giant awkward white woman, I was humbled and honoured to be considered. And yes, I stuck out like a sore thumb in the dressing areas, but I was welcomed openly and encouraged by all the other stylists, which was so lovely.<\/p>\n

Sasa<\/a> and Yurie did an incredible job organising everything, and helped me find some absolutely fantastic and gorgeous models to show off the ensembles I put together. I got to feature some of my favourite vintage pieces, including a few I’d never been able to use before on a person or mannequin. My models were all so gracious and enthusiastic and dressing them all was an absolutely dream.<\/p>\n

Here are my lovely models. Due to the casual vintage nature of most of these coordinates as well as their unfamiliarity with kimono, I went with a looser and less restricted style of kitsuke, which I think worked perfectly. Don’t get me wrong, I love the tight, padded, nearly-regimented style of the modern kimono-school variety, but there’s something so effortless about more relaxed dressing that helps remind us that these used to be everyday garments.<\/p>\n\n\t\t