{"id":8041,"date":"2018-09-23T13:47:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2018-09-23T14:19:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T18:19:52","slug":"montreal-kimono-club-september-meet-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/montreal-kimono-club-september-meet-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Kimono Club September Meet-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a group of local kimono collectors got together for a casual meet-up to celebrate the end of Summer. We started in a quiet little park near my place, then to Le Petit Tokebi<\/a>, a combined Korean and Japanese restaurant, for dinner. We finished up at Ca Lem<\/a>, an ice cream place I love to bits because they make vegan options like sorbet and coconut milk ice cream so I can eat there and not die. I’m a big fan of not dying.<\/p>\n

The timing of our event was perfect. Thursday and Friday were incredibly windy and rainy, to the point that nearby areas were under a tornado watch! Today is cold and damp. Yesterday, somehow, the kimono gods graced us with beautiful sun and just enough of a breeze for kimono to be comfortable. We really lucked out.<\/p>\n

I wore my new-ish teal komon from Kimonomachi<\/a>. I really love having kimono that fit me so well. Eventually I will buy a third one of these, when I have some money to spare. My initial plan was a red nagoya obi\u00a0 but I realised that would have been nearly the same as the last time I wore it<\/a>. I then remembered I have this cream-and-red hakata obi with asanoha that’s an absolute perfect match for the kimono! I went with fairly plain accessories otherwise, since the kimono is so bold already.<\/p>\n\n\t\t