{"id":3613,"date":"2017-03-31T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2018-11-25T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T17:26:01","slug":"taisho-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/taisho-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Taisho Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, I know, I said the last outfit I posted would be around for a while. Work continues apace on updating and redoing my visual catalogue, and when I took out this Taisho-era beauty I love so much, I realised I’d never coordinated her with this vintage orange hakata obi and that seemed like a crime. They feel like they were made for each other. But then again, I think hakata goes with everything. When I first got it, I paired it with an orange obi<\/a> and while I loved the colour contrast, the obi was a metallic, Showa-era blingfest that felt incongruous with the soft vintage feel of the kimono. Springy green accessories were the perfect finishing touch, including a brand new obiage I’ve never used before.<\/p>\n

If you’re a regular reader, you know that for whatever reason I’ve always had bad luck with tying obi in tsunodashi musubi but I was really in the groove after putting this outfit together and I figured I’d give it another shot. I’m really glad I did, because it worked out perfectly. The ohashori is quite puffy-looking, which is unfortunate, but sometimes it’s inevitable due to the shape of the mannequin.<\/p>\n\n\t\t