{"id":13818,"date":"2026-02-14T14:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=13818"},"modified":"2026-02-14T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:59:51","slug":"modern-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/modern-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pink, orange, and black may not be the most expected Valentine&#8217;s Day combination, but this is what happens when I&#8217;m thousands of miles away from my husband on a day to celebrate love, I guess. No, I kid! I was actually inspired by the incredible modern styling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aedam_furisode\/\">aedam_furisode<\/a> on Instagram to pull out a ruffled juban and a big loud furisode. Since the only ruffled juban I own is black, the rest of the outfit had to be built around that. I brought out this bright salmon-pink gosho-guruma (royal cart) furisode, since I knew it had some stark black outlines on it, and then grabbed my trusty orange hakata chuuya obi because it matches the peonies on this kimono so well. If I&#8217;m being honest, any excuse to use this obi is a good one.<\/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-13818 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\/2026\/02\/valentine26-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-3-155x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-3-155x300.jpg 155w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-3-528x1024.jpg 528w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-3-792x1536.jpg 792w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-3-77x150.jpg 77w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-3.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/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\/2026\/02\/valentine26-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-4-155x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-4-155x300.jpg 155w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-4-528x1024.jpg 528w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-4-792x1536.jpg 792w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-4-77x150.jpg 77w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-4.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/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\/2026\/02\/valentine26.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-175x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-596x1024.jpg 596w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-895x1536.jpg 895w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/valentine26.jpg 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>To break up the tonal similarities of the salmon kimono and orange obi, as well as reinforce the non-traditional vibe and aedam style, I used black cotton lace as a sort of obiage and shigoki-obi, as well as running it through the obi-musubi. It also makes the black ruffles feel more cohesive I think, and brings more attention to the stark black outline of the gosho-guruma motif on the kimono. Without the lace I think this would have just felt confusing and the exposed juban more like an afterthought or an accident, but with the punches of black accessories it pulls everything together. A black obijime tied in a modified kokoro-musubi was the final touch. It&#8217;s too short to do a normal one, but if you&#8217;re looking for instructions I made a tutorial years ago which <a href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2016\/02\/heart-obijime-knot-tutorial\/\">you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Are you doing anything special for valentine&#8217;s day? Since I&#8217;m so far from Keith, I&#8217;m going out for bbq chicken with my folks later tonight. Ahhh, middle age. So romantic. But hey, at least I don&#8217;t have to buy him <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giri_choco#Honmei_choco\">honmei-choco<\/a> this year!<\/p>\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-13818 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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\/10\/furisode-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furisode-6-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furisode-6-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furisode-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furisode-6-100x100.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-2-8139'>\n\t\t\t\tPink Gosho Guruma Furisode\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\/10\/fukuro-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fukuro-3-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6208\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6208'>\n\t\t\t\tMomiji side 2\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-2-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-2-1-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-2-1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-2-1-100x100.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-2-7328'>\n\t\t\t\tBlack \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink, orange, and black may not be the most expected Valentine&#8217;s Day combination, but this is what happens when I&#8217;m thousands of miles away from my husband on a day to celebrate love, I guess. No, I kid! I was actually inspired by the incredible modern styling of aedam_furisode on\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/modern-valentine\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[1345,14,403,24,149,68,13,1218,943,1348,1346,1347],"class_list":["post-13818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mannequin-coord","tag-aedam_furisode","tag-black","tag-kimono","tag-kitsuke","tag-modern","tag-orange","tag-pink","tag-salmon","tag-valentines","tag-1348","tag-1346","tag-1347"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13818","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=13818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13907,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13818\/revisions\/13907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}