What were EITHER of us thinking?

[gurdymonkey]

Him: I'm looking for someone to make me Japanese court garb.

Me: (In a nutshell) I've never taken commissions before because of all the horror stories I keep hearing about customers, but might consider it. What do you want, how much do you expect to pay, etc.

Him: I dunno. And I'm broke right now.

Of course you are.

Comments

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

If you're a big, sweaty fighter guy? Yeah, maybe. Probably.

And what do you wear to Twelfth Night? The nice stuff, right?

(Japanese stuff also tends to have degrees of formality.)

[joycebre.livejournal.com]

I think it's the word Court I'm choking on. :-) I have nice clothes, indoor clothes and party clothes. I just don't have clothes that I'd wear just to go to court.

[tatsushu.livejournal.com]

But there are... there's my official Court clothing (depending on the court this can mean hoeki-no-ho sugata, ketteki-no-ho, suikan-hakama (I need a suikan... the only major garment type I don't have. But I digress), hitatare-kamishimo, or kataginu), there are my bumming around clothes, there are my working clothes... Of course, there are also times I have to change my geographical origins, too.

I think I've only done three changes of clothing at a non-fighting, non-performance event. Possibly four with fighting or performance art, but I can't recall. I have been known to bring a chest of clothing with me to a one day event, though.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

And I'm sure a dandy such as yourself looked most elegant. ;-D

[akirakeiko.livejournal.com]

But of course!