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Feb. 23rd, 2008 04:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdymonkey Those who were around on Wednesday of Estrella saw me setting up camp in this outfit.
I was inspired to make these after bovil turned me onto an article about what the fashionable Japanese construction worker is wearing. Then again, back in the 80s, I took a pair of baggy, pleated front jeans and turned them into a very nice pair of riding breeches....
![[image]](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2335/2287234932_b1332e10b6.jpg)
The fabric is a kasuri (ikat) recycled from a yukata given to me by a friend who is significantly smaller than I am. I selfishly preferred to make it into something for myself rather than pass it on.
![[image]](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/2287235214_9e821fd4d3.jpg)
I started with the hakama pattern on Sengokudaimyo.com cut to mid calf length, then used a pair of my jeans to pattern the kyahan (lower leg) section to a width I knew would fit me and pleated the hakama legs into it.
Nice link to a museum devoted to kasuri textiles:
http://home.e-catv.ne.jp/tour-ehime/kasuri.html
Since I wanted to be able to wear these with t-shirts and so forth, I closed up the side seams to the waist instead of leaving the traditional side vents open. I have a single waistband that ties in a small bow at the front and I have a fly flap that buttons to the inside of the waistband on the opposite side instead of a zipper or buttons - this preserves the loose hakama-like fit and look I wanted without showing "all the way to Okinawa." I wore them for the drive to Estrella War and during camp set up and they're quite comfy, though trying to drive in something with a very low crotch seam took a little adjusting to.
I was inspired to make these after bovil turned me onto an article about what the fashionable Japanese construction worker is wearing. Then again, back in the 80s, I took a pair of baggy, pleated front jeans and turned them into a very nice pair of riding breeches....
The fabric is a kasuri (ikat) recycled from a yukata given to me by a friend who is significantly smaller than I am. I selfishly preferred to make it into something for myself rather than pass it on.
I started with the hakama pattern on Sengokudaimyo.com cut to mid calf length, then used a pair of my jeans to pattern the kyahan (lower leg) section to a width I knew would fit me and pleated the hakama legs into it.
Nice link to a museum devoted to kasuri textiles:
http://home.e-catv.ne.jp/tour-ehime/kasuri.html
Since I wanted to be able to wear these with t-shirts and so forth, I closed up the side seams to the waist instead of leaving the traditional side vents open. I have a single waistband that ties in a small bow at the front and I have a fly flap that buttons to the inside of the waistband on the opposite side instead of a zipper or buttons - this preserves the loose hakama-like fit and look I wanted without showing "all the way to Okinawa." I wore them for the drive to Estrella War and during camp set up and they're quite comfy, though trying to drive in something with a very low crotch seam took a little adjusting to.
