{"id":7180,"date":"2018-04-29T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T17:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2018-11-23T14:24:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T19:24:58","slug":"monokimono-challenge-cool-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/04\/monokimono-challenge-cool-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"#MonoKimono Challenge &#8211; Cool Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the last weekend of the month, and you know what that means! It&#8217;s #monokimono weekend, and for this one I decided to go blue to suit the rainy mood outside. I also knew I had to go with something easy, so a poly komon and hanhaba obi fit the bill. If you&#8217;re not a fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KimonoTsuki\/\">Kimono Tsuki on Facebook<\/a> you won&#8217;t have seen my post, but Friday afternoon I lost an argument with the staircase at work and came out of it a little worse for wear. I&#8217;ve got a mild concussion, a sprained knee, and two cuts across my forehead that required surgical glue and a tetanus shot. That&#8217;s not counting all the varied aches, pains, and bruises scattered all over the rest of my body. Because of this, I knew I had no energy to wrestle with a bigger obi or a more fussy or fragile kimono. I didn&#8217;t want to skip this month completely, so I found the solution with these easy, modern blue pieces.<\/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-7180 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\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_41782826401_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_41782826401_o-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_41782826401_o-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_41782826401_o-600x1064.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_41782826401_o-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_41782826401_o-85x150.jpg 85w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_41782826401_o.jpg 902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/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\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975683180_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975683180_o-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975683180_o-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975683180_o-600x1064.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975683180_o-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975683180_o-85x150.jpg 85w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975683180_o.jpg 902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/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\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975673000_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975673000_o-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975673000_o-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975673000_o-600x896.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975673000_o-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975673000_o-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-cool-blue_39975673000_o.jpg 1071w\" 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>Initially, the outfit looked a bit too dark and heavy, and the obi wasn&#8217;t really jiving. Thankfully, using my blue cotton striped haneri in place of a kasane-eri helped lighten things up around the top. The kimono is also very big; I&#8217;d forgotten how big, so getting it onto the mannequin was a bit more fuss than I&#8217;d hoped for. But I think I made it work. This certainly isn&#8217;t the tidiest or best kitsuke I&#8217;ve done recently, but I&#8217;m proud of myself for managing to get something out despite my battered state!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also just noticed this outfit bears more than a passing resemblance to my little kimmidoll mascot over there on the sidebar. That was entirely accidental but it pleases me greatly.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Items used in this coordination<\/h4>\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: 16%;\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-7180 gallery-columns-6 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\/03\/komon-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/komon-3-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3550\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3550'>\n\t\t\t\tBlue Arches\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\/hanhaba-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hanhaba-3-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6392\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6392'>\n\t\t\t\tPastel Cards\/Blue Geometric\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/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\/03\/haneri-33.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/haneri-33-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7021\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7021'>\n\t\t\t\tCotton Neko &#038; Inu\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\/03\/haneri-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/haneri-13-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3406\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3406'>\n\t\t\t\tMixed Cotton\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the last weekend of the month, and you know what that means! It&#8217;s #monokimono weekend, and for this one I decided to go blue to suit the rainy mood outside. I also knew I had to go with something easy, so a poly komon and hanhaba obi fit the\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/04\/monokimono-challenge-cool-blue\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722],"tags":[67,273,734,149,712,475],"class_list":["post-7180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monokimono","tag-blue","tag-heisei","tag-kimonochrome","tag-modern","tag-monokimono","tag-poly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180","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=7180"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8461,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions\/8461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}