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[gurdymonkey]

Heaven save me from teenagers with screwed up priorities.

This one wants to convince a "thick-waisted" friend that she should wear kimono and wants pictures to prove it. I suggest she start looking at the gallery forum on Immortal Geisha because there are buttloads of kimono photos in there encompassing all sorts of body types.

"But I need it NAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW" and evidently is not supposed to even be on the 'net at work right now.

No, sweetie. You do not need it now. Unless someone is about to die, nobody needs ANYTHING now except CPR and a 911 call to EMS. Do your own research on your own time.

Am I mean for having pointed this out? Yeah, probably. And incredibly heartless for having sent her the link to me looking fat and happy in modern yukata. Take THAT!

On a note related to my post of yesterday, should I go back and point out that maybe she should respect her friend's self image issues and not try to push her into wearing something that, for first timers, is alien, somewhat awkward and uncomfortable, and will guarantee she will get stared at out in public?

On the Estrella front, I finished letting out the sakura kimono. Somehow, after making so many kosode from scratch, letting out a modern kimono and altering the sleeves so I can wear it as an under layer just feels like cheating. However, it will coordinate well with my dan gawari kosode. Yesterday's fabric purchase is rolling around in the dryer as we speak and I shall begin cutting out and making tabi shortly.

In semi-related news, I have secured permission from both Honda-dono and Posadnitza Sfandra to include photos of the stunning daimon no hitatare she made for him on the Samurai Eye website. I'm waiting to receive an additional photo of the ensemble from the back before I start messing around with FrontPage.

In other news, the BBC is doing a series called Heroes and Villains on pivotal leaders throughout history. Our own Baron Edward of Effingham (Anthony J. Bryant), Go To Guy And Sengoku Jidai Demi-God served as a research consultant on the "Shogun" episode about Tokugawa Ieyasu. Don't know about US airdates yet, but it looks promising, even with ninja attacks, character composites and other compromises in service of a 59 minute air-time and a crap mention in the credits for Sensei.

Comments

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Speaking as someone who is not only "thick-waisted" but downright obese, wafuku is fine IF you are wearing Heian or Kamakura era. Heian has so many layers that you can hide behind them, and they were still wearing nagahakama during the Kamakura era, which are actually slimming, especially if you don't go around in your underwear and actually wear something else on besides the foundation kosode.

After that, the silhouette narrows, but even in Sengoku era, so long as you throw an uchikake over the kosode, it looks okay.

But I agree with your point. If the person is just starting out, let them make a simple t-tunic (not the fold-n-cut method, but the gored one) and try things out first. Made correctly, t-tunics look okay on everybody and the sewing skills one learns from making them can easily be applied to wakufu later.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

It's not SCA. This was on Immortal Geisha.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Dang, don't I look the fool? Sorry. Forgot you were into the modern stuff as well.

[bebemochi.livejournal.com]

On a note related to my post of yesterday, should I go back and point out that maybe she should respect her friend's self image issues and not try to push her into wearing something that, for first timers, is alien, somewhat awkward and uncomfortable, and will guarantee she will get stared at out in public?

I wouldn't have a problem with your discussing this on the thread. Frankly, I think it's something worth discussing. Often people are so excited about their hobbies that they don't realize that they're not for everyone.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Might be worth bringing up as its own topic.

[bebemochi.livejournal.com]

There is a certain poster on the original thread who always makes me bonkers because she's practically computer illiterate, and when she's told she's made an error based on forum rules or general internet etiquette, she always assumes she's worthy of an exception and will jump to the defense of anyone else who's made a similar blunder.