A friend of mine has
invited me for fashion week this weekend. Fierce Couture has invited Beading
Dancer to sell her jewellery in sandton on Saturday. The show on the ramp will
start at 1pm.
My idea for this
event, as I thought I would be there for three days, was to relearn tying obi
on a yukata. Last week when I went
to Velvetrobes event, I wore a yukata…most people call it a kimono. I think I
have only seen once person wearing a kimono and she was a geisha. Everyone
around Japan usually wear a yukata because it is lighter. The one I will be wearing is cotton..so comfortable and breathes...unlike most yukata. I really love wearing my all in one dresses and cloggs with kutsushita...they make me feel lady like and oh-so mature and motherlike.
As it is looking
now…it could only be for a day. But I have the perfect Saturday yukata. I only
tried this particular yukata on earlier this week. It really fits me better
because it sits closer to my skin.
The yukata is in a festive flower pattern in navy and the rest of it is
white. It would be great if I had a yellow obi…but I only have a simple purple
and pink one.
Tying
My challenge really
with my yukata skills is tying the obi and keeping it in one place the entire
day. I have tried!!! And this obi business seems like it needs a little more
muscle or a good technique…this technique must be lying in some ancient
Japanese scroll in the middle of the Alps close to the Kiso valley. I am in
search of the way of the obi….obido.
If you know a technique I'm not aware of...please share.
(damn, obi(s))...
