{"id":7930,"date":"2018-08-27T15:37:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T19:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2018-11-23T12:34:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:34:42","slug":"monokimono-challenge-summer-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/monokimono-challenge-summer-white\/","title":{"rendered":"#monoKimono Challenge &#8211; Summer White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This may be the last weekend in August, but we&#8217;re still suffering the heat here. With the humidity factored in, they&#8217;re predicting temperatures in the high 30s again this week. So I decided to run with some cool summer white usumono coordination for this month&#8217;s monochrome outfit, even though I did a white\/cream one not long ago with the <a href=\"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/monokimono-challenge-wedding-white\/\">wedding ensemble<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I often find myself breaking the rules a bit with these monochrome outfits. I guess I figure that if I&#8217;m playing with one rule, I may as well play with them all. So this outfit is sort of all over the place formality-wise and season-wise, but I really wanted to keep it all in that warm white\/cream family with yellow accents to make the bells on the kimono pop out.<\/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-7930 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-summer-white_43590385794_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590385794_o-177x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590385794_o-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590385794_o-600x1019.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590385794_o-603x1024.jpg 603w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590385794_o-88x150.jpg 88w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590385794_o.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/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-summer-white_30440667318_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_30440667318_o-177x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_30440667318_o-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_30440667318_o-600x1019.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_30440667318_o-603x1024.jpg 603w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_30440667318_o-88x150.jpg 88w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_30440667318_o.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/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-summer-white_43590368474_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590368474_o-174x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590368474_o-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590368474_o-600x1034.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590368474_o-594x1024.jpg 594w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590368474_o-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/monokimono-project-summer-white_43590368474_o.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Also, if I&#8217;m being honest, I just don&#8217;t have much variety when it comes to actual summer-weight accessories, so I had to use normal ones. Maybe I should limit myself to only buying usumono for a while. I&#8217;ve already cut down on my buying habits lately, this would be even better motivation to stick to that.<\/p>\n<p>I quite like how this turned out, even if it does have a lot &#8220;wrong&#8221; with it. And it wasn&#8217;t too terribly overwhelming to put together even in this oppressive weather. Win-win!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget, there&#8217;s only a few days left to enter <a href=\"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/mofuku-obi-remake-giveaway-featuring-cutting-edge-stencils\/\">the stencil giveaway<\/a>!<\/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-7930 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\/05\/komon-8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/komon-8-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5623\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5623'>\n\t\t\t\tRo with Bells\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\/hitoe-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hitoe-7-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6377\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6377'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite Summer Weave\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\/2017\/03\/haneri-12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/haneri-12-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3405\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3405'>\n\t\t\t\tSolid yellow\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\/07\/obiage-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/obiage-5-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5810\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5810'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite and Gold Rinzu\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\/2018\/05\/obijime-22.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-22-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-22-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-22-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-22-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7308'>\n\t\t\t\tGold &#038; Silver\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>This may be the last weekend in August, but we&#8217;re still suffering the heat here. With the humidity factored in, they&#8217;re predicting temperatures in the high 30s again this week. So I decided to run with some cool summer white usumono coordination for this month&#8217;s monochrome outfit, even though I\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/monokimono-challenge-summer-white\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722],"tags":[350,111,47,37,32,712,188,487,70],"class_list":["post-7930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monokimono","tag-bells","tag-cream","tag-cute","tag-hakata","tag-komon","tag-monokimono","tag-summer","tag-usumono","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7930","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=7930"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8431,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7930\/revisions\/8431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}