{"id":184,"date":"2010-01-13T19:22:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T00:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2020-05-30T00:35:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T04:35:16","slug":"why-being-my-friend-is-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/why-being-my-friend-is-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Why being my friend is dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dear friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anlinasheng.com\">Anlina<\/a> was in town and came to visit me at work yesterday. We then went to dinner, and they came to crash at my place afterwards. We talked and got giggly and silly, and at some point the idea of dressing them in kimono came up. I&#8217;ve honestly never dressed anyone but myself before and thought this would be a great chance to practice. Anlina is lucky, they have a great body for kimono. They&#8217;re not wearing <em>any<\/em> structural undergarments here, merely a snug tank top.<\/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-184 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\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272981708_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272981708_o-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272981708_o-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272981708_o-600x894.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272981708_o-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272981708_o.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/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\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272980794_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272980794_o-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272980794_o-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272980794_o-600x894.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272980794_o-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272980794_o.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o-300x261.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o-600x522.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o-850x740.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o-172x150.jpg 172w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272239271_o.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><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\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237961_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237961_o-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237961_o-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237961_o-600x894.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237961_o-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237961_o.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/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\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237531_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237531_o-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237531_o-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237531_o-600x894.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237531_o-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anlina-in-kimono_4272237531_o.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>My only stipulation was that they choose an outfit involving a tsuke-obi (pre-tied obi) as I&#8217;d been working all day and was tiiiiiired and not up to tying anything. I think we pulled together something cute, even if the formality is all over the place.<\/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: 50%;\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-184 gallery-columns-2 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\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272238309_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272238309_o-190x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272238309_o-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272238309_o-600x949.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272238309_o-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272238309_o.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/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\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272982140_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272982140_o-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272982140_o-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272982140_o-600x894.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272982140_o-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/anlina-in-kimono_4272982140_o.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And of course, Tribble had to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>So, what do you think, good first try for dressing someone else? Outfit cute, even if it makes no sense? Isn&#8217;t Anlina adorable?<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Items used in this coordination<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .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: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .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-3' class='gallery galleryid-184 gallery-columns-4 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\/2017\/10\/komon-19.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/komon-19-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6320\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6320'>\n\t\t\t\tAsanoha and Ume\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\/11\/tsukeobi-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tsukeobi-6-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6350'>\n\t\t\t\tDainty Vines\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-18.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-18-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5797\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5797'>\n\t\t\t\tLeaf Green Shibori\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-27.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-27-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-7303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-27-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-27-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-27-100x100.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-3-7303'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen Round\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dear friend Anlina was in town and came to visit me at work yesterday. We then went to dinner, and they came to crash at my place afterwards. We talked and got giggly and silly, and at some point the idea of dressing them in kimono came up. I&#8217;ve\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/why-being-my-friend-is-dangerous\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[105,30,24,32,46,106,70],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outfits","category-kimono","tag-anlina","tag-friends","tag-kitsuke","tag-komon","tag-red","tag-tsuke-obi","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","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=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11297,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/11297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}