Anniversary

It's a few days later than we took them, but it ended up being an Issue elsewhere online and I got too anxious and had to calm down before posting. Bleh stupid brain. Dr. Kaidun Aroo (our grey cat) always tries to make things better- except for photos because he cannot stop moving!

This is a chocolate brown single mon iromuji with pine needle woven pattern, rust-red chirimen obiage, obijime that changes from rust to pale yellow with gold threads running through it in a lattice pattern in the center.

The obi is of Nara in the fall for this exact season, with hints of metallic gold as well. 

Palest pink silk juban woven with kiku patterns, also dyed with a different white flower pattern that looks like kiku. Figured white synthetic eri, but it's so busy I can't follow the lines to see the pattern well... I'm pretty sure it's also chrysanthemums, though.

The fan is plain white, aged, with a few scattered maple leaves in bright greens, orange, and red, with the tiniest veins of gold. 

The kanzashi is an alligator clip that matches the motif, handmade from etsy.com/shop/JapaneseSilkFlowers It came in a washi-covered tea tin to protect it from getting bent in storage, which I still use. I was thinking, I need to find hard-box clear storage since if I can't see something, it 'doesn't exist' (also why my kimono storage is abysmal...)

The komono didn't match, like the datejime, but really can any of us do such a thing besides maybe Youandi or Billy Matsunaga.

Originally, I bought this kimono because years ago I saw a maiko with a chocolate brown furisode  paired with a black and metallic gold obi, naturally with the red and gold accessories, white tabi, etc. A hint of lime green in the fan for the winter season oncoming with snow. Chocolate seems like a year-round colour and was also worn for Baikasai in 2009. Onihide on Flickr took photos often.

There was another, I think, with a white/red hakata, but I don't remember what else they wore. I think of that sometimes. I wish I had that style! But maybe I could lose some weight to fit into things I bought some time ago (vintage, not really any room to let out) and recreate those outfits. Not maiko-style, but daily-wear fashion.