Wednesday 24 September 2008

Outfit Snap: More hakama kitsuke pics!

My camera revived a little after I posted the previous pics, so I took more! I saved the pics so that I can post something today :P

Unfortunately, the pics still aren't spectacular and are still very blurry. *shrugs* I'll take what I can get, I guess...

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Some people on the IG forums mentioned that the colour combination is very interesting (dunno if that's a good or a bad thing haha!) but I feel like it's alright. I mean, orange and maroon always goes! But still, I wonder if it would've looked better with a pale or bright yellow hanhaba instead? I think a navy hakama or dark green hakama might also look nice.

I'm also currently bidding on another hakama set which includes a teal hakama... As well as contemplating buying another kofurisode-hakama set, only the kofurisode is pale blue while the hakama is navy. Dear dear me, I'm spending far too much money...


2 comments:

Amanda Zoe said...

hey, I was just wondering, since you have hakama too...

I just bought a pair, and how common is it for ladies to wear them? Like, can I wear furisode and hakama around like for cherry blossom viewing in the park or are people going to think I'm graduating?

Priscilla said...

Hi Amanda! (Kingyoko on the IG forums, is it? :D) Thanks for visiting! ^_^

Well... Nowadays, most girls wear them for graduation and for things like musical performances. I've read somewhere that hakama generally means "serious and/or academic pursuits", so most ladies wear them in association with something they're dedicated to. Also, just over a hundred years ago, Japanese girls wore them to school everyday as a sort of "uniform", I think.

Still, I think it'll be alright to wear hakama for cherry blossom viewing :) I know I would wear my hakama anywhere! But that's just my opinion ^^;; And generally, my opinion is accepted by my friends as 'occasionally very weird'~ :P