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Kablooie

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4. My daughter ordered a custom made Kimono from Kyoto in February.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2020, 02:03 AM

Aug 2020

She went to a fitting and picked out all the material and accessories here in Los Angeles.

The Kimono maker said that it's finished but they can't ship it to her right now because of the pandemic.
She will be taking classes on how to put it on when it finally arrives.

(She's half Japanese.)

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Can Foreigners Wear Kimono? What Japanese think of Cultural Appropriation [View all] yuiyoshida Aug 2020 OP

that was a beautiful contrast to the news of the day and the shit show that is the rnc Kali Aug 2020 #1

When I saw that I thought about conversations I have had yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #3

This was wonderful and fascinating! fierywoman Aug 2020 #2

My daughter ordered a custom made Kimono from Kyoto in February. Kablooie Aug 2020 #4

How to put on a Kimono... yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #6

Thanks. I'll let her know about this. Kablooie Aug 2020 #7

I called it, I guessed that they would not mind at all Skittles Aug 2020 #5

Most Japanese seem to like when foreigners wear Kimonos rpannier Aug 2020 #8

I own a patchwork jacket made from kimono silk from worn-out kimonos Warpy Aug 2020 #9

I mostly have Yukata but I live close by to Japantown and there are several stores that sell yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #10

I suppose they make more sense with full dress kimonos Warpy Aug 2020 #12

I've had arguments like this Laha Aug 2020 #11

K&R n/t sl8 Aug 2020 #13

At our wedding, my sister-in-law wore a kimono DFW Aug 2020 #14

I know I've seen a video of Yasuharu Konishi amcgrath Aug 2020 #15