I have a fancy dress party tomorrow night to celebrate a friend's birthday - it's supposed to be either formalwear or non-SCA costume. I am using this as an excuse to wear a modern shibori kimono I acquired last year. It's all pastels in green, blue, tangerine and red with a bamboo leaf motif and if one goes by conventional rules, it's too "young" for a woman my age. However, I had to buy it if one goes by conventional kitsuke rules, but I had to buy it because it actually had a sleeve-to-sleeve width of 54"!
(A) I'm torn between the red checked obi and the solid purple satin one. The red one is in a weave that's specifically for summer, but I like the idea of juxtaposing the soft edged pastels with a geometric pattern. The purple is safe. Except this kimono is not safe on a 40-mumble woman in the first place.
(C) I don't have the correct modern kimono underwear. My period stuff is proportioned incorrectly (too wide, sleeves too short) so nothing would lie right. I am reduced to eri-sugata safety pinned to sports bra, boxers (no panty lines) and half slip. (Crap. Where is my half slip? I know I own one.....)
(C) And to top it all off, I can't FIND the bargain bag of objijime I bought ANYWHERE!