{"id":3270,"date":"2017-03-02T13:47:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T18:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2019-04-28T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T22:00:17","slug":"something-old-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/something-old-something-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Something old, Something new…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kimono, like any other garment out there, is subject to trends and changes in fashion. Usually, this just impacts the colours and patterns used, since the shape of a kimono is so fixed. Every so often, however, someone comes up with something really different and unique. Traditionally, brides in Japan will wear a special type of furisode called a kakeshita on their wedding day. The colours and styles and motifs of these can vary greatly, but they’ve always been the same basic garment. However, modern women are looking for ways to wear more modern dresses but still retaining a bit of that traditional feel. For a while now, there have been designers such as Aliansa<\/a> who will convert a kimono into a western-style dress, but this requires irreversible changes to the kimono. This isn’t ideal for family heirlooms or treasured gifts. So what’s a bride to do?<\/p>\n

Enter The Oriental Wasou<\/a>, a bridal studio that’s figured out a fantastic way to temporarily convert a furisode simply by folding it carefully and draping it over a western-style ballgown! They claim it takes only ten minutes, and after the event all you’d need to do is give your furisode a good steaming, fold it carefully, and store it away. When I first saw these adaptations, I knew I wanted to give one a try. However, I am not the sort of person who has ballgowns or wedding gowns just lying around, so the idea went onto the back-burner until I was at the thrift store a few weeks ago and found this utterly beautiful mauvey pink gown with a sheer black overlay. I knew right away it would be the perfect complement to my favourite furisode<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t