{"id":2720,"date":"2016-04-03T13:57:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T17:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2018-11-25T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T22:42:10","slug":"geisha-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/geisha-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Geisha Style Coordination"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems like I’ve developed a pattern when it comes to dressing Tsukiko; alternating experimental or non-standard kitsuke with very traditional coordinations. I’d been wanting to do something with the gorgeous geisha\u00a0hikizuri<\/a> that Naomi and Erica gave me years ago. The obi is a Taisho-era chuuya\u00a0from the big obi bundle several of us\u00a0split a while back. It’s absolutely stunning, but it’s in very fragile shape – the black silk used to line these obi tends to rot much more rapidly than the silk on the front. I repaired one with similar damage a while ago<\/a>, but I haven’t had the chance to do it to this one yet. Because of this, I wasn’t comfortable wearing it myself, but mannequin kitsuke tends to be a lot more forgiving. I absolutely love how they look together, so soft and desaturated and elegant. I don’t own a momi, so I used a red shigoki obi and obiage to replicate the pop of red under the obi, and pulled out a vintage red juban with a heavily textured collar already attached. I’d initially wanted to tie the obi in yanagi musubi, which is common for performing geisha, but because the obi is so delicate I figured it would be safer to stick with something I know how to tie quickly and easily, so I defaulted to a standard otaiko musubi instead. I think it still looks quite good.<\/p>\n\n\t\t