{"id":1683,"date":"2012-04-16T17:52:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T21:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2019-04-28T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T22:19:41","slug":"royal-blue-tsukesagehoumongi-with-kiku-and-botan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/royal-blue-tsukesagehoumongi-with-kiku-and-botan\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal blue tsukesage\/houmongi with kiku and botan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this beauty on eBay<\/a>, and was initially drawn to it because of its length – a whopping 69 inches or 175 centimetres. At my height, finding long kimono is always exciting. The thumbnail makes it look quite odd – almost unfinished, like there are just big white blobs on a blue surface, and I think this worked in my favour, because nobody else bid on it.<\/p>\n

Up close, however, the white “blobs” are incredibly soft, delicate botan with gentle pearly grey shading and gold centres, and then these interesting solid white kiku. They are definitely hand-painted with white and grey dye, not unfinished. The contrast, though, gives the kimono a very bold, modern look while still being soft and girly.<\/p>\n

I absolutely can’t wait to wear this, I am thinking of pairing it up with the gold and white obi from this bundle<\/a>. It will be nice to have both a kimono and an obi that fit me very well and don’t require fussing and fidgeting all evening \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Blue with White Floral<\/p><\/div>\n

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