{"id":5617,"date":"2017-05-04T16:43:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2018-11-24T19:57:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T00:57:32","slug":"may-the-fourth-be-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/may-the-fourth-be-with-you\/","title":{"rendered":"May the Fourth Be With You"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s no secret that a\u00a0huge part of Star Wars’ visual identity owes much to traditional Japanese aesthetics. From Darth Vader’s samurai-like helmet to the kimono-inspired robes of both the Jedi and Sith, the influence is apparent in many facets of the Universe. May the Fourth<\/a> is known as Star Wars Day to many people, a play on words about the date sounding so much like the traditional\u00a0May The Force (be with you)<\/em> greeting.<\/p>\n

I had been wanting to do a Jedi-inspired kitsuke using beige and brown toned items ever since I did the Star Trek themed one<\/a> a while back. What can I say, I am an equal opportunity fangirl! I found these two iromuji for a song a while back and thought today would be the perfect day to do it. I tried to keep the actual dressing manner quite traditional, aside from taking the liberty of using a second kimono as a long over-robe, instead of finding a haori. I wanted something I could try to fake the appearance of a hood with, and something that would flow to the ground. I used my spider obi flipped inside-out to get a rough-textured beige obi, and a brown mottled leather obijime to replicate the belts usually worn by Jedi. The finishing touch was one of my Jedi symbol earrings clipped to the obijime as a little decoration.<\/p>\n\n\t\t