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Furisode Kimono
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If you have ever seen a kimono in movies or maybe even in real life, you probably think it is a colorful dress (at least if we talk about women traditional clothes) with long sleeves and various patterns. There is surprisingly little details on what Japanese traditional clothes really are despite the fact we have access to seemingly everything we could only think of. We can easily buy whatever dress we want from the comfort of our homes, but when it comes to kimonos we often find ourselves scratching our heads in confusion. What is a real kimono? Where to buy quality Japanese clothes online?
First of all, the word "kimono" means "clothes" in Japanese and has two sub-categories - so-called "yofuku" and "wafuk"u. The first literally means "western clothes" and represents what we are all used to putting on ourselves, while the latter is what we all call "kimono" or, literally, "Japanese clothes". And there are many types of them.
Let us take "furisode" as an example first. A furisode is exactly what you have in mind when you imagine a kimono for women. The name means "long sleeves" and it is distinguishing feature is, as you could already guess, long sleeves and colorful patterns. They are not particularly cheap. The price can go up all the way to several thousand dollars, and even an ordinary one will cost several hundreds at least. Unlike other Japanese traditional clothes, they are quite difficult to put on and take care of, which is why they are worn only on special occasions like the Coming of Age ceremony.
There are also casual kimonos, like jimbeis for men or yukatas that can be worn by both sexes. Both jimbeis and yukatas are very comfortable and light, suitable for wearing every day, and significantly cheaper than their more luxurious dress discussed above. If you absolutely need a kimono, but a furisode is too much of an investment, a jimbei or yukata are your choice. Besides, just as with other Japanese traditional clothes, not many will be able to tell the difference.
The list of clothes could really go on and on, but I do not mean to bore anyone. Rather than discussing the types of Japanese traditional clothes, let me answer one more common question: where to buy a good kimono? It shouldn't come as a surprise that most of what you can buy outside the motherland of kimonos is a low quality fake that are likely to fall apart after the very first laundry. Fortunately, with emergence of the Internet, the world shrank so much, that borders, both geographical and cultural, are not so distinct anymore.
If you are on short terms with the Japanese language, you obviously should not have any problems at all. If not, I can recommend Japanese clothes online. You can learn more about different types of kimonos and traditional accessories there and find links to reliable and trusted importers from Japan as well as instructions on how to make the purchase of your dream. Not a bad deal, huh?
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is there a page or a place in atlanta where i can get a furisode pattern ?
please i really need to make this furisode!!!
also if theres a cheap place with kimono or patterned fabric in atlanta
Not Atlanta specific...
The "big" pattern companies have costume kimono patterns. That's Simplicity, Butterick, and Mccalls.
www.simplicity.com
www.mccall.com (mccalls and butterick)
They are, as I said, costume patterns. I think it's simplicity with a new "Memoirs" costume pattern, and it's not that bad. not 100% accurate, but not terrible (like some of the mccalls/butterick costume ones).
However, for accuracy, there's Folkwear (www.folkwear.com), which sells kimono and hakama patterns (among other patterns for traditional clothes).
There's also a few books you might be able to get from a local library.
John Marshall's How to make your own Japanese Clothes;
Jenni Dobson's Making Kimono (or something like that).
Marshall's book is better; the other is more aimed at quilters, actually, who want to try something else. I don't think Marshall's is 100% accurate, either, but it'll definitely work.
Other option - on Yahoo Japan Auctions, and possibly Ichiroya or Yamatoku (google the names for websites), they sell what are called "karinui". These are kimono that are based together, so you can see the shape and design. Using a proxy service such as Crescent Shop, Rinkya or Celga, you can buy these karinui and then sew them up into a kimono yourself.
You could also try and buy a kiji/bolt from ebay/Ichiroya/RyuJapan/Yamatoku and sew that up into a furisode for yourself. Just make sure it's got enough yardage (something like 18yards, IIRC, since normal kimono use around 12-13).
Having an old kimono to look at while working is also handy. Do try to make sure it's authentic and not some Chinese brocade bathrobe, as they'll be constructed differently.
If you have more questions about making kimono, there's a "mega thread" for making kimono on Immortalgeisha.com's forums. It might be helpful. Try searching the forums there as well for information about furisode.
Yellow pages didn't find anything in Atlanta with "kimono" as a keyword. Perhaps it's time for a more intensive google-search?
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